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/**
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 *  '$RCSfile$'
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 *  Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the
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 *              National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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 *
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 *   '$Author: Serhan AKIN $'
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 *     '$Date: 2009-07-15 10:54:27 +0300  $'
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 *
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 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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 * (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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 */
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package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.rest;
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import java.io.IOException;
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import java.io.Reader;
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import java.util.Vector;
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import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.DocumentNotFoundException;
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import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.InsufficientKarmaException;
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import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.MetacatAuthException;
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import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.MetacatException;
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import edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.client.MetacatInaccessibleException;
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/**
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 *  This interface provides methods for initializing and logging in to a
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 *  Metacat REST API, and then querying, reading, transforming, inserting,
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 *  updating and deleting documents from that server.
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 */
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public interface MetacatRest
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{
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	/** HTTP Verb GET*/
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	public static final String GET = "GET";
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	/** HTTP Verb POST*/	
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	public static final String POST = "POST";
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	/** HTTP Verb PUT*/
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	public static final String PUT = "PUT";
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	/** HTTP Verb DELETE*/
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	public static final String DELETE = "DELETE";
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	/*
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	 * API Resources
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	 */
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	/** API OBJECTS Resource which handles with document operations*/
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	public static final String RESOURCE_OBJECTS = "object";
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	/** API SESSION Resource which handles with user session operations*/
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	public static final String RESOURCE_SESSION = "session";
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	/** API IDENTIFIER Resource which controls object unique identifier operations*/
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	public static final String RESOURCE_IDENTIFIER = "identifier";
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	/*
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	 * API Functions used as URL parameters
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	 */
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	/** Function keyword*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_KEYWORD = "op";
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	/** Function name for login function*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_LOGIN = "login";
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	/** Function name for logout function*/	
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_LOGOUT = "logout";
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	/** Function name for isregistered function*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_ISREGISTERED = "isregistered";
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	/** Function name for getalldocids function*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_GETALLDOCS = "getalldocids";
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	/** Function name for getnextrevision function*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_GETNEXTREV = "getnextrevision";
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	/** Function name for getnextobject function*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_GETNEXTOBJ = "getnextobject";
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	/** Function name for insert function*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_INSERT = "insert";
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	/** Function name for update function*/
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	public static final String FUNCTION_NAME_UPDATE= "update";
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    /**
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     *  Method used to log in to a metacat server through REST API
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     *  @param username   the username of the user, like an LDAP DN
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     *  @param password   the password for that user for authentication
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     *  @return the response string from metacat in XML format
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     *  @throws MetacatAuthException when the username/password could
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     *                    not be authenticated
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     */
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    public String login(String username, String password)
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           throws MetacatAuthException, MetacatInaccessibleException;
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    /**
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     *  Method used to log out a metacat server. The Metacat server will end
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     *  the session when this call is invoked.
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     *  @throws MetacatInaccessibleException when the metacat server can not be
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    public String logout() throws MetacatInaccessibleException,
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    /**
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     * Read a public XML document , accessed by docid, and returned as a Reader.
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     * @param docid the identifier of the document to be read
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     * @param outputFile name of the file to be written to local (optional)
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     * @return a Reader for accessing the document
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     *                                    for the operation
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     * @throws MetacatInaccessibleException when the metacat server can not be
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     *                                    reached or does not respond
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     * @throws MetacatException when the metacat server generates another error
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     */
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    public Reader getObject(String docid, String outputFile) throws InsufficientKarmaException,
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    /**
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     * Read XML document from server session, accessed by docid, and returned as a Reader.
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     * @param outputFile name of the file to be written to local (optional)
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     * @throws MetacatInaccessibleException when the metacat server can not be
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     *                                    reached or does not respond
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     * @throws MetacatException when the metacat server generates another error
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    public Reader authenticatedGetObject(String docid, String outputFile) throws InsufficientKarmaException,
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    public Reader query(Reader xmlQuery) throws MetacatInaccessibleException,IOException;
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    public Reader authenticatedQuery(Reader xmlQuery) throws MetacatInaccessibleException,IOException;
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    public String create(String docid, Reader xmlDocument)
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    public String update(String docid, Reader xmlDocument)
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    public String deleteObject(String docid)
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    public void setSessionId(String sessionId);
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    public int getNextRevision(String identifierId) throws MetacatException;
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