cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/IDescriptionService.java

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   3 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   4 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   5 *
   6 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   7 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   8 */
   9
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service;
  11
  12 import java.util.UUID;
  13
  14 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.TermVocabulary;
  15 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.description.DescriptionBase;
  16 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.description.Feature;
  17 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.description.FeatureTree;
  18
  19 public interface IDescriptionService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<DescriptionBase> {
  20
  21         /**
  22          * @param uuid
  23          * @return
  24          */
  25         public abstract DescriptionBase getDescriptionBaseByUuid(UUID uuid);
  26
  27         /**
  28          * Persists a <code>Description</code>
  29           * @param description
  30          * @return
  31          */
  32         public abstract UUID saveDescription(DescriptionBase description);
  33
  34         /**
  35          * Persists a <code>FeatureTree</code>
  36          * @param tree
  37          * @return
  38          */
  39         public abstract UUID saveFeatureTree(FeatureTree tree);
  40
  41         public abstract TermVocabulary<Feature> getDefaultFeatureVocabulary();
  42         public abstract TermVocabulary<Feature> getFeatureVocabulary(UUID uuid);
  43
  44 }