imetadatacontext.java

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package com.esri.solutions.jitk.common.metadata;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Represents an interface by which objects can access a registry of metadata.
 */
public interface IMetadataContext {
	/**
	 * Retrieves the {@link IResourceMetadataRegistry} for this Context.  Through
	 * this object, a client can access a metadata registry
	 * @return {@link IResourceMetadataRegistry}, which will never be {@code null}.
	 */
	public IResourceMetadataRegistry getResourceMetadataRegistry();
	/**
	 * Retrieves a {@link Map} of Catalog IDs to the {@link IMetadataCatalog IMetadataCatalogs} that
	 * each Catalog ID represent
	 * @return {@code Map<String, IMetadataCatalog>}, which will never be {@code null}, though it may be empty if no catalogs are configured.
	 */
	public Map<String, IMetadataCatalog> getMetadataCatalogs();
	/**
	 * Retrieves an {@link IMetadataCatalog} corresponding to the given catalog ID.
	 * @param catalogID The ID of the catalog to retrieve.  Cannot be {@code null}.
	 * @return The {@link IMetadataCatalog}, which could be null if {@code catalogID} is invalid.
	 */
	public IMetadataCatalog getCatalogById(String catalogID);
	/**
	 * Retrieves a {@link Map} of Profile Names to the {@link IMetadataProfile IMetadataProfiles} that
	 * each name represents
	 * @return {@code Map<String, IMetadataProfile>}, which will never be {@code null}, though it may be empty if no profiles are configured.
	 */
	public Map<String, IMetadataProfile> getMetadataProfiles();
	/**
	 * Retrieves an {@link IMetadataProfile} corresponding to the given name.
	 * @param name The name of the profile to retrieve.  Cannot be {@code null}.
	 * @return The {@link IMetadataProfile}, which could be null if {@code name} is invalid.
	 */
	public IMetadataProfile getProfileById(String name);
	
}