org.dspace.content.service

Interface IndexableObjectService<T extends IndexableObject<PK>,PK extends Serializable>

Type Parameters:

T - class type of the indexable object

PK - class type of the primary key

All Known Subinterfaces:

BasicWorkflowItemService, ClaimedTaskService, CollectionService, CommunityService, InProgressSubmissionService<T,ID>, ItemService, PoolTaskService, WorkflowItemService<T>, WorkspaceItemService, XmlWorkflowItemService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicWorkflowItemServiceImpl, ClaimedTaskServiceImpl, CollectionServiceImpl, CommunityServiceImpl, ItemServiceImpl, PoolTaskServiceImpl, WorkspaceItemServiceImpl, XmlWorkflowItemServiceImpl

public interface IndexableObjectService<T extends IndexableObject<PK>,PK extends Serializable>

Base Service interface class for any IndexableObject. The name of the methods contains IndexableObject to avoid ambiguity reference as some implementation supports both this interface than the DSpaceObectService interface

Author:

Andrea Bollini (andrea.bollini at 4science.it)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	findIndexableObject(Context context, PK id) Generic find for when the precise type of an IndexableObject is not known
int	getSupportsIndexableObjectTypeConstant() Returns the Constants which this service supports

Method Detail

findIndexableObject

T findIndexableObject(Context context,
                      PK id)
               throws SQLException

Generic find for when the precise type of an IndexableObject is not known

Parameters:

context - - the context

id - - id within table of type'd indexable objects

Returns:

the indexable object found, or null if it does not exist.

Throws:

SQLException - only upon failure accessing the database.

getSupportsIndexableObjectTypeConstant

int getSupportsIndexableObjectTypeConstant()

Returns the Constants which this service supports

Returns:

a org.dspace.core.Constants that represents a IndexableObject type