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*
* http://www.dspace.org/license/
*/
package org.dspace.content;
import org.dspace.eperson.EPerson;
import java.sql.SQLException;
/**
* Interface for manipulating in-progress submissions, without having to know at
* which stage of submission they are (in workspace or workflow system)
*
* @author Robert Tansley
* @version $Revision$
*/
public interface InProgressSubmission
{
/**
* Get the internal ID of this submission
*
* @return the internal identifier
*/
Integer getID();
/**
* Get the incomplete item object
*
* @return the item
*/
Item getItem();
/**
* Get the collection being submitted to
*
* @return the collection
*/
Collection getCollection();
/**
* Get the submitter
*
* @return the submitting e-person
* @throws SQLException if database error
*/
EPerson getSubmitter() throws SQLException;
/**
* Find out if the submission has (or is intended to have) more than one
* associated bitstream.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if there is to be more than one file.
*/
boolean hasMultipleFiles();
/**
* Indicate whether the submission is intended to have more than one file.
*
* @param b
* if <code>true</code>, submission may have more than one
* file.
*/
void setMultipleFiles(boolean b);
/**
* Find out if the submission has (or is intended to have) more than one
* title.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if there is to be more than one file.
*/
boolean hasMultipleTitles();
/**
* Indicate whether the submission is intended to have more than one title.
*
* @param b
* if <code>true</code>, submission may have more than one
* title.
*/
void setMultipleTitles(boolean b);
/**
* Find out if the submission has been published or publicly distributed
* before
*
* @return <code>true</code> if it has been published before
*/
boolean isPublishedBefore();
/**
* Indicate whether the submission has been published or publicly
* distributed before
*
* @param b
* <code>true</code> if it has been published before
*/
void setPublishedBefore(boolean b);
}