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/**
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* Copyright (C) 2009 EDIT
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* European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
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* http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
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*
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* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
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* See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
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*/
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package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service;
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import java.util.List;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service.pager.Pager;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.DefinedTermBase;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.Language;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.TermType;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.TermVocabulary;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.query.OrderHint;
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public interface IVocabularyService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<TermVocabulary> {
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    /**
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     * Returns term vocabularies that contain terms of a certain {@link TermType} e.g. Feature, Modifier, State.
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     *
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     * @param <TERMTYPE>
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     * @param termType the {@link TermType} of the terms in the vocabulary and of the vocabulary
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     * @param includeSubTypes if <code>true</code> all subtypes will be included for computation of the result
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     * @param limit The maximum number of vocabularies returned (can be null for all vocabularies)
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     * @param start The offset from the start of the result set (0 - based, can be null - equivalent of starting at the beginning of the recordset)
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     * @param orderHints
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     *            Supports path like <code>orderHints.propertyNames</code> which
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     *            include *-to-one properties like createdBy.username or
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     *            authorTeam.persistentTitleCache
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     * @param propertyPaths properties to be initialized
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     * @return a list of term vocabularies
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     */
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    public List<TermVocabulary> listByTermType(TermType termType, boolean includeSubTypes, Integer limit, Integer start, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);
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	/**
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	 * Returns Language Vocabulary
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	 * @return
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	 */
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	//TODO candidate for harmonization: rename to loadLanguageVocabulary(...
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	public TermVocabulary<Language> getLanguageVocabulary();
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	/**
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	 * Returns a list of terms belonging to the vocabulary passed as an argument
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	 *
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	 * @param vocabulary The vocabulary for which the list of terms is desired
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	 * @param limit The maximum number of terms returned (can be null for all terms in the vocabulary)
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	 * @param start The offset from the start of the result set (0 - based, can be null - equivalent of starting at the beginning of the recordset)
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	 * @param orderHints
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	 *            Supports path like <code>orderHints.propertyNames</code> which
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	 *            include *-to-one properties like createdBy.username or
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	 *            authorTeam.persistentTitleCache
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	 * @param propertyPaths properties to be initialized
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	 * @return a paged list of terms
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	 */
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	//TODO candidate for harmonization: rename to getTerms(...
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	public Pager<DefinedTermBase> getTerms(TermVocabulary vocabulary, Integer limit, Integer start, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);
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	/**
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	 * Returns a list of term vocabularies corresponding to a term type
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	 * @param termType The term type for which the list of vocabularies is desired
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	 * @return a list of vocabularies
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	 */
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	public <T extends DefinedTermBase> List<TermVocabulary<T>> findByTermType(TermType termType);
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}
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