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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);
}