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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
* As a special exception to the terms and conditions of version 2.0 of
* the GPL, you may redistribute this Program in connection with Free/Libre
* and Open Source Software ("FLOSS") applications as described in Alfresco's
* FLOSS exception. You should have recieved a copy of the text describing
* the FLOSS exception, and it is also available here:
* http://www.alfresco.com/legal/licensing"
*/
package org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.alfresco.service.NotAuditable;
import org.alfresco.service.PublicService;
import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
/**
* This interface represents the Repository Data Dictionary. The
* dictionary provides access to content meta-data such as Type
* and Aspect descriptions.
*
* Content meta-data is organised into models where each model is
* given a qualified name. This means that it is safe to develop
* independent models and bring them together into the same
* Repository without name clashes (as long their namespace is
* different).
*
* @author David Caruana
*/
@PublicService
public interface DictionaryService
{
/**
* @return the names of all models that have been registered with the Repository
*/
@NotAuditable
public Collection<QName> getAllModels();
/**
* @param model the model name to retrieve
* @return the specified model (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
public ModelDefinition getModel(QName model);
/**
* @return the names of all data types that have been registered with the Repository
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getAllDataTypes();
/**
* @param model the model to retrieve data types for
* @return the names of all data types defined within the specified model
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getDataTypes(QName model);
/**
* @param name the name of the data type to retrieve
* @return the data type definition (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
DataTypeDefinition getDataType(QName name);
/**
* @param javaClass java class to find datatype for
* @return the data type definition (or null, if a mapping does not exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
DataTypeDefinition getDataType(Class javaClass);
/**
* @return the names of all types that have been registered with the Repository
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getAllTypes();
/**
* @param model the model to retrieve types for
* @return the names of all types defined within the specified model
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getTypes(QName model);
/**
* @param name the name of the type to retrieve
* @return the type definition (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
TypeDefinition getType(QName name);
/**
* Construct an anonymous type that combines the definitions of the specified
* type and aspects.
*
* @param type the type to start with
* @param aspects the aspects to combine with the type
* @return the anonymous type definition
*/
@NotAuditable
TypeDefinition getAnonymousType(QName type, Collection<QName> aspects);
/**
* @return the names of all aspects that have been registered with the Repository
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getAllAspects();
/**
* @param model the model to retrieve aspects for
* @return the names of all aspects defined within the specified model
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getAspects(QName model);
/**
* @param name the name of the aspect to retrieve
* @return the aspect definition (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
AspectDefinition getAspect(QName name);
/**
* @param name the name of the class (type or aspect) to retrieve
* @return the class definition (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
ClassDefinition getClass(QName name);
/**
* Determines whether a class is a sub-class of another class
*
* @param className the sub-class to test
* @param ofClassName the class to test against
* @return true => the class is a sub-class (or itself)
*/
@NotAuditable
boolean isSubClass(QName className, QName ofClassName);
/**
* Gets the definition of the property as defined by the specified Class.
*
* Note: A sub-class may override the definition of a property that's
* defined in a super-class.
*
* @param className the class name
* @param propertyName the property name
* @return the property definition (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
PropertyDefinition getProperty(QName className, QName propertyName);
/**
* Gets the definition of the property as defined by its owning Class.
*
* @param propertyName the property name
* @return the property definition (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
PropertyDefinition getProperty(QName propertyName);
/**
* Get all properties defined across all models with the given data type.
*
* Note that DataTypeDefinition.ANY will only match this type and can not be used as get all properties.
*
* If dataType is null then this method will return *ALL* properties regardless of data type.
*
* @param dataType
* @return
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getAllProperties(QName dataType);
/**
* Get all properties defined for the given model with the given data type.
*
* Note that DataTypeDefinition.ANY will only match this type and can not be used as get all properties.
*
* If dataType is null then this method will return *ALL* properties regardless of data type.
*
* @param dataType
* @return
*/
@NotAuditable
Collection<QName> getProperties(QName model, QName dataType);
/**
* Get all poroperties for the specified model
*
* @param model
* @return
*/
Collection<QName> getProperties(QName model);
/**
* Gets the definition of the association as defined by its owning Class.
*
* @param associationName the property name
* @return the association definition (or null, if it doesn't exist)
*/
@NotAuditable
AssociationDefinition getAssociation(QName associationName);
// TODO: Behaviour definitions
}