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		return delete(agent.getUuid());

	}

	@Override

	public Person convertTeam2Person(Team team) throws MergeException {

		Person result = null;

		return result;

	}

	@Override

	public Team convertPerson2Team(Person person) throws MergeException, IllegalArgumentException {

		Team team = Team.NewInstance();

// $Id$

/**

* Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT

* 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.api.service;

import java.util.List;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service.pager.Pager;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.agent.Address;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.strategy.merge.MergeException;

public interface IAgentService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<AgentBase> {

	public List<Institution> searchInstitutionByCode(String code);

	/**

	 * Return a paged list of the institutional memberships held by a person

	 * @param person the person

	 * @param pageSize The maximum number of memberships returned (can be null for all memberships)

	 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)

	 * @return a Pager containing InstitutionalMembership  instances

	 */

	public Pager<InstitutionalMembership> getInstitutionalMemberships(Person person, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber);

	/**

	 * Return a paged list of the members of a team

	 * @param team the team

	 * @param pageSize The maximum number of members returned (can be null for all members)

	 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)

	 * @return a Pager containing Person  instances

	 */

	public Pager<Person> getMembers(Team team, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber);

	/**

	 * Return a paged list of the addresses of an agent

	 * @param agent the agent

	 * @param pageSize The maximum number of addresses returned (can be null for all members)

	 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)

	 * @return a Pager containing Address  instances

	 */

	public Pager<Address> getAddresses(AgentBase agent, Integer pageSize, Integer pageNumber);

	/**

	 * Returns a Paged List of AgentBase 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 AgentBase instances)

	 * @param queryString

	 * @param pageSize The maximum number of agents returned (can be null for all matching agents)

	 * @return a Pager Agent instances

	 * @see <a href="http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_0/queryparsersyntax.html">Apache Lucene - Query Parser Syntax</a>

	 */

	/**

	 * Returns a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> containing all <code>Person</code>s

	 * @return a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> instances

	 */

	public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Person>> getPersonUuidAndTitleCache();

	/**

	 * Returns a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> containing all <code>TeamOrPersonBase</code> objects

	 * with their respective titleCache

	 * @return a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> instances

	 */

	public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Team>> getTeamUuidAndTitleCache();

	/**

	 * Returns a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> containing all <code>TeamOrPersonBase</code> objects

	 * with their respective nomenclaturalTitle instead of regular titleCache

	 * @return a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> instances

	 */

	public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Team>> getTeamUuidAndNomenclaturalTitle();

	/**

	 * Returns a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> containing all {@link Institution} objects

	 * with their respective titleCache

	 * @return a list of <code>UuidAndTitleCache</code> instances

	 */

	public List<UuidAndTitleCache<Institution>> getInstitutionUuidAndTitleCache();

	/**

	 * If the given {@link Team} is a single member team all links to the team are redirected to the

	 * single member and the team itself is deleted.

	 * and all links to the team are redirected to the new person and the team itself is deleted.

	 * <BR>

	 * Otherwise, an {@link IllegalArgumentException} is thrown.

	 * @param team the team to be converted

	 * @return the existing or new person that replaces the given team

	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if team has > 1 members

	 * @throws MergeException if anything else goes wrong during merge

	 */

	public Person convertTeam2Person(Team team) throws MergeException, IllegalArgumentException;

	/**

	 * is the case e.g. at User.person or FieldUnit.primaryCollector.

	 * <BR>

	 * If the person can not be replaced a {@link MergeException} is thrown.

	 * @param person the {@link Person} to be converted

	 * @return the new team that replaces the given person

	 * @throws MergeException if anything else goes wrong during merge

	 */

	public Team convertPerson2Team(Person person) throws MergeException, IllegalArgumentException;

}