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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
3  *
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17 package org.alfresco.repo.dictionary;
18
19 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.AspectDefinition;
20 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.AssociationDefinition;
21 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.ClassDefinition;
22 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.DataTypeDefinition;
23 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.PropertyDefinition;
24 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.dictionary.TypeDefinition;
25 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
26
27
28 /**
29  * Access to model items.
30  *
31  * @author David Caruana
32  *
33  */
34 /*package*/ interface ModelQuery
35 {
36     /**
37      * Gets the specified data type
38      *
39      * @param name name of the data type
40      * @return data type definition
41      */
42     public DataTypeDefinition getDataType(QName name);
43
44     /**
45      * Gets the data type for the specified Java Class
46      *
47      * @param javaClass the java class
48      * @return the data type definition (or null, if mapping is not available)
49      */
50     public DataTypeDefinition getDataType(Class JavaDoc javaClass);
51     
52     /**
53      * Gets the specified type
54      *
55      * @param name name of the type
56      * @return type definition
57      */
58     public TypeDefinition getType(QName name);
59     
60     /**
61      * Gets the specified aspect
62      *
63      * @param name name of the aspect
64      * @return aspect definition
65      */
66     public AspectDefinition getAspect(QName name);
67     
68     /**
69      * Gets the specified class
70      *
71      * @param name name of the class
72      * @return class definition
73      */
74     public ClassDefinition getClass(QName name);
75     
76     /**
77      * Gets the specified property
78      *
79      * @param name name of the property
80      * @return property definition
81      */
82     public PropertyDefinition getProperty(QName name);
83     
84     /**
85      * Gets the specified association
86      *
87      * @param name name of the association
88      * @return association definition
89      */
90     public AssociationDefinition getAssociation(QName name);
91     
92 }
93
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