- removed @Cascade for country in GatheringEvent because DefinedTerms should not...
[cdmlib.git] / cdmlib-services / src / main / java / eu / etaxonomy / cdm / api / service / IReferenceService.java
index f488214784ffe0e955f4ca0983bc1012ea0d3b3a..a92543e516e59fa94d377d004e5b3c778dd065f3 100644 (file)
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service.pager.Pager;
 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.UuidAndTitleCache;
-import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.reference.ReferenceBase;
+import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.reference.Reference;
+import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.taxon.TaxonBase;
 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.query.OrderHint;
 
 
-public interface IReferenceService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<ReferenceBase> {
+public interface IReferenceService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<Reference> {
        
        /**
-        * Returns a Paged List of ReferenceBase instances where the default field matches the String queryString (as interpreted by the Lucene QueryParser)
+        * Returns a Paged List of Reference instances where the default field matches the String queryString (as interpreted by the Lucene QueryParser)
         * 
-        * @param clazz filter the results by class (or pass null to return all ReferenceBase instances)
+        * @param clazz filter the results by class (or pass null to return all Reference instances)
         * @param queryString
         * @param pageSize The maximum number of references returned (can be null for all matching references)
         * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
@@ -32,10 +33,10 @@ public interface IReferenceService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<ReferenceB
         *            include *-to-one properties like createdBy.username or
         *            authorTeam.persistentTitleCache
         * @param propertyPaths properties to be initialized
-        * @return a Pager ReferenceBase instances
+        * @return a Pager Reference instances
         * @see <a href="http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_0/queryparsersyntax.html">Apache Lucene - Query Parser Syntax</a>
         */
-       public Pager<ReferenceBase> search(Class<? extends ReferenceBase> clazz, String queryString, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);
+       public Pager<Reference> search(Class<? extends Reference> clazz, String queryString, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);
        
        /**
         * Returns a map that holds uuid, titleCache pairs of all references in the current database
@@ -43,7 +44,41 @@ public interface IReferenceService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<ReferenceB
         * @return 
         *                      a <code>Map</code> containing uuid and titleCache of references
         */
-       public List<UuidAndTitleCache<ReferenceBase>> getUuidAndTitle();
+       public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Reference>> getUuidAndTitle();
        
-       public List<ReferenceBase> getAllReferencesForPublishing();
+       /**
+        * TODO candidate for harmonization: rename to listForPublishing
+        * @return
+        */
+       public List<Reference> getAllReferencesForPublishing();
+       
+       /**
+        * TODO candidate for harmonization: rename to listNomenclaturalReferences
+        * @return
+        */
+       public List<Reference> getAllNomenclaturalReferences();
+
+       /**
+        * returns
+        * 
+        * <ol>
+        * <li>all taxa directly covered by this reference</li>
+        * <li>all taxa covered by the according in references of this reference</li>
+        * </ol>
+        * 
+        * searches for taxa using the following relations:
+        * <ul>
+        * <li>taxon.name.nomenclaturalreference</li>
+        * <li>taxon.descriptions.descriptionElement.sources.citation</li>
+        * <li>taxon.descriptions.descriptionSources</li>
+        * <li>taxon.name.descriptions.descriptionElement.sources</li>
+        * <li>taxon.name.descriptions.descriptionSources</li>
+        * </ul>
+        * 
+        * @param reference
+        * @param includeSubordinateReferences TODO
+        * @param propertyPaths
+        * @return
+        */
+       public List<TaxonBase> listCoveredTaxa(Reference reference, boolean includeSubordinateReferences, List<String> propertyPaths);
 }