gr.uoa.di.driver.enabling

Interface ISLookUp<D extends eu.dnetlib.domain.DriverResource>

Type Parameters:

D - The type of the resource profiles that this client works with.

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingISLookUp, ISLookUpImpl, RepositoryIsLookUp, SecurityAwareCachingISLookUp, SecurityAwareLookupImpl

public interface ISLookUp<D extends eu.dnetlib.domain.DriverResource>

A client of the ISLookUp service.

Author:

Antonis Lempesis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<D>	fetch(eu.dnetlib.domain.SearchCriteria criteria) Performs a search by criteria.
List<String>	fetch(String XQuery) Performs a direct XQuery search and returns a list of xml profiles that match the criteria, without any processing.
D	getById(String id) Returns the resource profile with the given search id.
List<D>	getByid(String[] id) Returns the resource profiles with the given ids.
D	getUniqueResult(eu.dnetlib.domain.SearchCriteria criteria) Performs a quick search and returns the unique result.
List<D>	performQuickSearch(eu.dnetlib.domain.SearchCriteria criteria) Uses the appropriate method in ISLookUp and performs a query without using a result set.

Method Detail

getById

D getById(String id)
   throws ISLookUpException

Returns the resource profile with the given search id.

Parameters:

id - the id

Returns:

the resource profile.

Throws:

ISLookUpException

getByid

List<D> getByid(String[] id)
         throws ISLookUpException

Returns the resource profiles with the given ids.

Parameters:

id - the list of ids.

Returns:

the resource profiles.

Throws:

ISLookUpException

fetch

List<D> fetch(eu.dnetlib.domain.SearchCriteria criteria)
       throws ISLookUpException

Performs a search by criteria.

Parameters:

criteria - the search criteria.

Returns:

a list with the results of the query.

Throws:

ISLookUpException

fetch

List<String> fetch(String XQuery)
            throws ISLookUpException

Performs a direct XQuery search and returns a list of xml profiles that match the criteria, without any processing.

Parameters:

XQuery - the xquery.

Returns:

a list of xml profiles.

Throws:

ISLookUpException

performQuickSearch

List<D> performQuickSearch(eu.dnetlib.domain.SearchCriteria criteria)
                    throws ISLookUpException

Uses the appropriate method in ISLookUp and performs a query without using a result set. This method should be used only when a small number of results is expected. If there is a large number of results, there is a risk of a SOAP error (the respone will be too large, over the SOAP limit).

Parameters:

criteria - the search criteria.

Returns:

a list of results.

Throws:

ISLookUpException

getUniqueResult

D getUniqueResult(eu.dnetlib.domain.SearchCriteria criteria)
           throws ISLookUpException

Performs a quick search and returns the unique result.

Parameters:

criteria - the search criteria.

Returns:

the unique search result

Throws:

ISLookUpException - if there is more than one result.