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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
+ * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
+ * copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
+ * either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing permissions and limitations under the
+ * License.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.dictionary;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.AspectDefinition;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.ModelDefinition;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.DataTypeDefinition;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.TypeDefinition;
+import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
+
+
+/**
+ * Dictionary Data Access
+ * 
+ * @author David Caruana
+ */
+public interface DictionaryDAO extends ModelQuery
+{
+ 
+    /**
+     * @return the models known by the dictionary
+     */
+    public Collection<QName> getModels();
+    
+    /**
+     * @param name the model to retrieve
+     * @return the named model definition
+     */
+    public ModelDefinition getModel(QName name);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param model the model to retrieve property types for
+     * @return the property types of the model
+     */
+    public Collection<DataTypeDefinition> getDataTypes(QName model);
+    
+    /**
+     * @param model the model to retrieve types for
+     * @return the types of the model
+     */
+    public Collection<TypeDefinition> getTypes(QName model);
+
+    /**
+     * @param model the model to retrieve aspects for
+     * @return the aspects of the model
+     */
+    public Collection<AspectDefinition> getAspects(QName model);
+
+    /**
+     * Construct an anonymous type that combines a primary type definition and
+     * and one or more aspects
+     * 
+     * @param type the primary type
+     * @param aspects  the aspects to combine
+     * @return the anonymous type definition
+     */
+    public TypeDefinition getAnonymousType(QName type, Collection<QName> aspects);
+    
+    /**
+     * Adds a model to the dictionary.  The model is compiled and validated.
+     * 
+     * @param model the model to add
+     */
+    public void putModel(M2Model model);
+    
+}