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// $Id$

/**

* 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.

*/

import org.hibernate.Session;

import org.hibernate.collection.spi.PersistentCollection;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.CdmBase;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.ISourceable;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.OriginalSourceBase;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.metadata.CdmMetaData;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.metadata.CdmMetaData.MetaDataPropertyName;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao.common.ICdmGenericDao;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.strategy.match.IMatchStrategy;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.strategy.match.IMatchable;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.strategy.match.MatchException;

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

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

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

public interface ICommonService extends IService<OriginalSourceBase>{

//	/** find cdmBase by UUID**/

//	public abstract CdmBase getCdmBaseByUuid(UUID uuid);

//

	 * @param metaData

	 */

	public void saveAllMetaData(Collection<CdmMetaData> metaData);

	/**

	 * Returns all meta data.

	 * @return

	 */

	public Map<MetaDataPropertyName, CdmMetaData> getCdmMetaData();

	/**

	 * with namespace <code>idNamespace</code> and with an idInSource in <code>idInSourceSet</code> <BR>

	 * The key of the map is the idInSource. If there are multiple objects that have the same id an arbitrary one is chosen.

	 * @param clazz

	 * @return

	 */

	public Map<String, ? extends ISourceable> getSourcedObjectsByIdInSource(Class clazz, Set<String> idInSourceSet, String idNamespace);

	/**

	 * Returns a list of identifiable entities according to their class, idInSource and idNamespace

	 * @param clazz

	 */

	public ISourceable getSourcedObjectByIdInSource(Class clazz, String idInSource, String idNamespace);

	/**

	 * Returns all CdmBase objects that reference the referencedCdmBase.

	 * For example, if referencedCdmBase is an agent it may return all taxon names

	 * this person as an author

	 * @param referencedCdmBase

	 * @return

	 */

	public Set<CdmBase> getReferencingObjects(CdmBase referencedCdmBase);

	/**

	 * Merges mergeSecond into mergeFirst. All references to mergeSecond will be replaced by references

	 * to merge first. If no merge strategy is defined (null), the DefaultMergeStrategy will be taken as default.

	 * @throws MergeException

	 */

	public <T extends IMergable> void   merge(T mergeFirst, T mergeSecond, IMergeStrategy mergeStrategy) throws MergeException;

	/**

	 * Returns all objects that match the object to match according to the given match strategy.

	 * If no match strategy is defined the default match strategy is taken.

	 * @throws MatchException

	 */

	public <T extends IMatchable> List<T> findMatching(T objectToMatch, IMatchStrategy matchStrategy) throws MatchException;

	/**

	 * A generic method to retrieve any CdmBase object by its id and class.<BR>

	 * @see ICdmGenericDao#find(Class, int)

	/**

	 * Initializes a lazy loaded persistent collection.

	 * @param col the persistent collection to initialize

	 * @return the initialized persistent collection

	 */

	public PersistentCollection initializeCollection(PersistentCollection col);

	/**

	 * Checks if a lazy loaded persistent collection is empty.

	 * @return the initialized persistent collection

	 */

	public boolean isEmpty(PersistentCollection col);

	/**

	 * Returns the size of a persistent collection.

	 * @param col the persistent collection to initialize

	 * @return the size of the persistent collection

	 */

	public int size(PersistentCollection col);

	/**

	 * Returns the object contained in a persistent collection at the given index.

	 * @param index the index of the requested element

	 * @return the object at the requested index

	 */

	public Object get(PersistentCollection col, int index);

	/**

	 * checks whether an object is contained within a persistent collection.

	 * @param element the element to check for

	 * @return true if the element exists in the collection, false o/w

	 */

	public boolean contains(PersistentCollection col, Object element);

	/**

	 * checks whether an index object exists within a persistent collection

	 * (usually a map)

	 * @param key the index object to look for.

	 * @return true if the index object exists in the collection, false o/w

	 */

	public boolean containsKey(PersistentCollection col, Object key);

	/**

	 * checks whether an value object exists within a persistent collection

	 * (usually a map)

	 * @param key the value object to look for.

	 * @return true if the value object exists in the collection, false o/w

	 */

	public boolean containsValue(PersistentCollection col, Object element);

	public Set<CdmBase> getReferencingObjectsForDeletion(CdmBase referencedCdmBase);

	/**

	 * Preliminary, may be moved to test later

	 */

	@Deprecated

	public void createFullSampleData();

}