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/**

* Copyright (C) 2009 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.api.service;

import java.util.Collection;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.Map;

import java.util.UUID;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.term.TermTree;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.term.TermType;

public interface ITermTreeService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<TermTree> {

    public Pager<TermTree> page(TermType termType, Integer pageSize, Integer pageIndex, List<OrderHint> orderHints, List<String> propertyPaths);

	 * Loads a term tree including all of its nodes (all the way down to the tips of the tree).

	 * Because this method automatically adds term nodes recursively, adding "root" to property paths

	 * is superfluous - the propertyPaths argument should be used to initialize property paths <i>in addition</i>

	 * to the term nodes. The nodePaths argument is applied to each node in turn, so again, adding "children"

	 * is also superfluous. The nodePaths argument should be used to specify additional properties of the term node

	 * to initialize (e.g. feature).

	 *

	 */

	public TermTree loadWithNodes(UUID uuid, List<String> propertyPaths, List<String> nodePaths);

	public Map<UUID, TermNode> saveNodesAll(Collection<TermNode> featureNodeCollection);

	public Map<UUID, TermNode> saveOrUpdateNodesAll(Collection<TermNode> featureNodeCollection);

	public <S extends TermTree> List<UuidAndTitleCache<S>> getUuidAndTitleCacheByTermType(

	        Class<S> clazz, TermType termType, Integer limit, String pattern);

    public List<TermTreeDto> listTermTreeDtosByTermType(TermType termType);

    public TermTreeDto getTermTreeDtoByUuid(UUID uuid);