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// $Id$
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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.lsid;
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import com.ibm.lsid.server.LSIDServerException;
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import com.ibm.lsid.server.LSIDService;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.IIdentifiableEntity;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.LSID;
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/**
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* LSIDMetadataService interface which was altered from com.ibm.lsid.server.LSIDMetadataService,
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* replacing the LSIDRequestContext with a simple LSID. My thinking behind this is that provided the
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* LSIDMetadataService has no responsibility for security, then there is no need to pass that
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* information to it (in an LSIDRequestContext). This allows better separation of concerns in that methods
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* requiring authentication and authorization can be secured transparently within CATE without the need for
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* the LSIDMetadataService to know anything about it. I could be wrong, of course.
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*
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* @author Ben Szekely (<a href="mailto:bhszekel@us.ibm.com">bhszekel@us.ibm.com</a>)
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* @author ben
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*
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* @see com.ibm.lsid.server.LSIDMetadataService
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* @see com.ibm.lsid.server.LSIDRequestContext
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public interface LSIDMetadataService extends LSIDService {
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/**
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* Get the meta data associated with the LSID
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* @return an IdentifiableEntity, null if there is no metadata
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*/
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public IIdentifiableEntity getMetadata(LSID lsid) throws LSIDServerException;
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}
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