alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/service/cmr/ml/MultilingualContentService.java
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 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.service.cmr.ml;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import org.alfresco.service.Auditable;
import org.alfresco.service.PublicService;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ChildAssociationRef;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
/**
* The API to manage multilingual content and related structures.
*
* @author Derek Hulley
*/
@PublicService
public interface MultilingualContentService
{
/**
* Rename an existing <b>sys:localized</b> by adding locale suffixes to the base name.
* Where there are name clashes with existing documents, a numerical naming scheme will be
* adopted.
*
* @param localizedNodeRef An existing <b>sys:localized</b>
*/
@Auditable(key = Auditable.Key.ARG_0, parameters = {"localizedNodeRef"})
void renameWithMLExtension(NodeRef localizedNodeRef);
/**
* Make an existing document into a translation by adding the <b>cm:mlDocument</b> aspect and
* creating a <b>cm:mlContainer</b> parent. If it is already a translation, then nothing is done.
*
* @param contentNodeRef An existing <b>cm:content</b>
* @return Returns the <b>cm:mlContainer</b> translation parent
*
* @see org.alfresco.model.ContentModel#ASPECT_MULTILINGUAL_DOCUMENT
*/
@Auditable(key = Auditable.Key.ARG_0, parameters = {"contentNodeRef", "locale"})
NodeRef makeTranslation(NodeRef contentNodeRef, Locale locale);
/**
* Make a translation out of an existing document. The necessary translation structures will be created
* as necessary.
*
* @param newTranslationNodeRef An existing <b>cm:content</b>
* @param translationOfNodeRef An existing <b>cm:mlDocument</b> or <b>cm:mlContainer</b>
* @return Returns the <b>cm:mlContainer</b> translation parent
*/
@Auditable(key = Auditable.Key.ARG_0, parameters = {"newTranslationNodeRef", "translationOfNodeRef", "locale"})
NodeRef addTranslation(NodeRef newTranslationNodeRef, NodeRef translationOfNodeRef, Locale locale);
/**
*
* @return Returns the <b>cm:mlContainer</b> translation parent
*/
@Auditable(key = Auditable.Key.ARG_0, parameters = {"translationNodeRef"})
NodeRef getTranslationContainer(NodeRef translationNodeRef);
/**
* Create a new edition of an existing <b>cm:mlContainer</b>.
*
* @param mlContainerNodeRef An existing <b>cm:mlContainer</b>
* @param translationNodeRef The specific <b>cm:mlDocument</b> to use as the starting point
* of the new edition. All other translations will be removed.
*/
@Auditable(key = Auditable.Key.ARG_0, parameters = {"mlContainerNodeRef", "translationNodeRef"})
void createEdition(NodeRef mlContainerNodeRef, NodeRef translationNodeRef);
/**
* Gets the set of sibling translations associated with the given <b>cm:mlDocument</b> or
* <b>cm:mlContainer</b>.
*
* @param translationOfNodeRef An existing <b>cm:mlDocument</b> or <b>cm:mlContainer</b>
* @return Returns a map of translation nodes keyed by locale
*/
@Auditable(key = Auditable.Key.ARG_0, parameters = {"translationOfNodeRef"})
Map<Locale, NodeRef> getTranslations(NodeRef translationOfNodeRef);
/**
* Given a <b>cm:mlDocument</b>, this method attempts to find the best translation for the given
* locale. If there is not even a
* {@link org.alfresco.i18n.I18NUtil#getNearestLocale(Locale, Set) partial match}, then <tt>null</tt>
* is returned.
*
* @param translationNodeRef the <b>cm:mlDocument</b>
* @param locale the target locale
* @return Returns Returns the best match for the locale, or <tt>null</tt> if there
* is no near match.
*
* @see #getTranslations(NodeRef)
* @see org.alfresco.i18n.I18NUtil#getNearestLocale(Locale, Set)
*/
@Auditable(key = Auditable.Key.ARG_0, parameters = {"translationNodeRef", "locale"})
NodeRef getTranslationForLocale(NodeRef translationNodeRef, Locale locale);
}