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

diff --git a/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/IReferenceService.java b/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/IReferenceService.java
index bbaf664e860e8295476ae21f9de51d8f4c3ba219..a92543e516e59fa94d377d004e5b3c778dd065f3 100644 (file)
--- a/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/IReferenceService.java
+++ b/cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/IReferenceService.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// $Id$
 /**
 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy 
@@ -9,55 +10,75 @@
 
 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service;
 
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.Map;
 
-import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.reference.ReferenceBase;
+import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service.pager.Pager;
+import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.UuidAndTitleCache;
+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> {
        
        /**
-        * FIXME candidate for harmonization?
-        *  
-        * Finds reference by UUID 
+        * 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 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)
+        * @param orderHints
+        *            Supports path like <code>orderHints.propertyNames</code> which
+        *            include *-to-one properties like createdBy.username or
+        *            authorTeam.persistentTitleCache
+        * @param propertyPaths properties to be initialized
+        * @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 abstract ReferenceBase getReferenceByUuid(UUID uuid);
-
+       public Pager<Reference> search(Class<? extends Reference> clazz, String queryString, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);
+       
        /**
-        * FIXME candidate for harmonization?
-        * Finds references by title 
+        * Returns a map that holds uuid, titleCache pairs of all references in the current database
+        * 
+        * @return 
+        *                      a <code>Map</code> containing uuid and titleCache of references
         */
-       public List<ReferenceBase> getReferencesByTitle(String title);
-               
+       public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Reference>> getUuidAndTitle();
+       
        /**
-        * FIXME candidate for harmonization?
-        * Finds references of a certain kind by title 
+        * TODO candidate for harmonization: rename to listForPublishing
+        * @return
         */
-       public List<ReferenceBase> getReferencesByTitle(String title, Class<ReferenceBase> clazz);
+       public List<Reference> getAllReferencesForPublishing();
        
        /**
-        * FIXME candidate for harmonization? 
-        * Gets all references 
-        */
-       public abstract List<ReferenceBase> getAllReferences(int limit, int start);
-
-//     public abstract UUID saveReference(ReferenceBase reference);
-
-       /** 
-        * FIXME candidate for harmonization?
-        * Saves a reference and return its UUID 
+        * TODO candidate for harmonization: rename to listNomenclaturalReferences
+        * @return
         */
-       public abstract UUID saveReference(ReferenceBase reference);
+       public List<Reference> getAllNomenclaturalReferences();
 
-//     public abstract Map<UUID, ReferenceBase> saveReferenceAll(Collection<ReferenceBase> referenceCollection);
-       
        /**
-        * FIXME candidate for harmonization? 
-        * Saves a collection of references
+        * 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 abstract Map<UUID, ReferenceBase> saveReferenceAll(Collection<ReferenceBase> referenceCollection);
-       
+       public List<TaxonBase> listCoveredTaxa(Reference reference, boolean includeSubordinateReferences, List<String> propertyPaths);
 }