+/**
+* Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
+* European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
+* http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
+*
+* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+* See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
+*/
+
package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao.common;
+import java.util.List;
+
import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.IdentifiableEntity;
+import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.LSID;
+import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.OriginalSource;
+import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.media.Rights;
-public interface IIdentifiableDao <T extends IdentifiableEntity> extends ICdmEntityDao<T>, ITitledDao<T>{
+public interface IIdentifiableDao <T extends IdentifiableEntity> extends IAnnotatableDao<T>, ITitledDao<T>{
+
+ /**
+ * Return an object by LSID. NOTE: Because of the fact that LSIDs are supposed to
+ * be globally resolvable, this method behaves in a different way to other methods
+ *
+ * In short, it attempts to find an object of type T in the current view using the LSID passed. If the LSID passed has a
+ * revision part, then this will be used in the query, but if not, then it is expected that the request is for the 'current'
+ * version of the object and the revision part will not be used as a matching criteria in the query.
+ *
+ * If the object does not appear in the current view (i.e. it has been deleted), then this method will search the history
+ * tables for a match, again using the revision if it exists, but ignoring it if not.
+ *
+ * @param lsid a LifeScience Identifier identifying the desired object
+ */
+ public T find(LSID lsid);
+
+ /**
+ * Return a count of the sources for this identifiable entity
+ *
+ * @param identifiableEntity The identifiable entity
+ * @return a count of OriginalSource instances
+ */
+ public int countSources(T identifiableEntity);
+
+ /**
+ * Return a List of the sources for this identifiable entity
+ *
+ * @param identifiableEntity The identifiable entity
+ * @param pageSize The maximum number of sources returned (can be null for all sources)
+ * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
+ * @return a List of OriginalSource instances
+ */
+ public List<OriginalSource> getSources(T identifiableEntity, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber);
+
+ /**
+ * Return a count of the rights for this identifiable entity
+ *
+ * @param identifiableEntity The identifiable entity
+ * @return a count of Rights instances
+ */
+ public int countRights(T identifiableEntity);
+
+ /**
+ * Return a List of the rights for this identifiable entity
+ *
+ * @param identifiableEntity The identifiable entity
+ * @param pageSize The maximum number of rights returned (can be null for all rights)
+ * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
+ * @return a List of Rights instances
+ */
+ public List<Rights> getRights(T identifiableEntity, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber);
+ // TODO Migrated from IOriginalSourceDao
+ public List<T> findOriginalSourceByIdInSource(String idInSource, String idNamespace);
}