Made a few changes to schema version checking

[cdmlib.git] / cdmlib-services / src / main / java / eu / etaxonomy / cdm / api / service / ICommonService.java

diff --git a/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/ICommonService.java b/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/ICommonService.java
index 651e0db3882069948cbe40012ed5c818fc3acd1e..4cd11212b320f99a850e222f44ad2e49825b2aa0 100644 (file)
--- a/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/ICommonService.java
+++ b/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/ICommonService.java
@@ -50,7 +50,24 @@ public interface ICommonService extends IService<OriginalSourceBase>{
        public Map<MetaDataPropertyName, CdmMetaData> getCdmMetaData();
        
        
-       /** find cdmBase by UUID**/
+       /**
+        * Returns a map of identifiable entities of class <code>clazz</code> which have an original source of 
+        * with namespace <code>idNamespace</code> and with an idInSource in <code>idInSourceSet</code> <BR>
+        * The key of the map is the idInSource. If there are multiple objects that have the same id an arbitrary one is chosen.
+        * @param clazz
+        * @param idInSourceSet
+        * @param idNamespace
+        * @return
+        */
+       public Map<String, ? extends ISourceable> getSourcedObjectsByIdInSource(Class clazz, Set<String> idInSourceSet, String idNamespace);
+       
+       /**
+        * Returns a list of identifiable entities according to their class, idInSource and idNamespace
+        * @param clazz
+        * @param idInSource
+        * @param idNamespace
+        * @return
+        */
        public ISourceable getSourcedObjectByIdInSource(Class clazz, String idInSource, String idNamespace);
 
        
@@ -89,6 +106,4 @@ public interface ICommonService extends IService<OriginalSourceBase>{
        
        public List getHqlResult(String hqlQuery);
 
-       public boolean isDatabaseSchemaCompatible();
-
 }