IAssociationStore


1   package org.columba.core.association.api;
2   
3   import java.util.Collection  ;
4   
5   public interface IAssociationStore {
6       
7       /**
8        * initialize the store
9        */
10      void init();
11      
12      /**
13       * shutdown the store
14       */
15      void shutdown();
16      
17      /**
18       * retrieve list of item ids for a given association
19       * 
20       * @param serviceId metadata service
21       * @param metaDataId metadata entry for the given service
22       * @return list of item ids
23       */
24      Collection  <String  > getAssociatedItems(String   serviceId, String   metaDataId);
25      
26      /**
27       * remove an association for a given item, service and metadata
28       * 
29       * @param serviceId metadata service
30       * @param metaDataId metadata entry in the given service
31       * @param itemId item id
32       */
33      void removeAssociation(String   serviceId, String   metaDataId, String   itemId);
34      
35      /**
36       * add an association from an item to a metadata entry (from the metadata service "service") 
37       * 
38       * @param serviceId metadata service
39       * @param metaDataId metadata entry in the given service
40       * @param itemId item id 
41       */
42      void addAssociation(String   serviceId, String   metaDataId, String   itemId);
43      
44      /**
45       * retrieve list of all associations for an item
46       * 
47       * @param itemId item id to get the associations for 
48       * @return a colloection of all associations
49       */
50      Collection  <IAssociation> getAllAssociations(String   itemId);
51      
52      /**
53       * upper layers call this if their item is deleted
54       * 
55       * @param itemId corresponding item id
56       */
57      void removeItem(String   itemId);
58  }
59
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