/*
   Copyright (C) 2005-2012, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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   Dataverse Network - A web application to share, preserve and analyze research data.
   Developed at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University.
   Version 3.0.
*/
package edu.harvard.iq.dvn.core.study;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.ejb.Local;


/**
 * This is the business interface for VariableService enterprise bean.
 */
@Local
public interface VariableServiceLocal extends java.io.Serializable {
    edu.harvard.iq.dvn.core.study.SummaryStatisticType findSummaryStatisticTypeByName(String ssName);

    edu.harvard.iq.dvn.core.study.VariableFormatType findVariableFormatTypeByName(String name);

    edu.harvard.iq.dvn.core.study.DataTable getDataTable(Long dtId);

    edu.harvard.iq.dvn.core.study.VariableIntervalType findVariableIntervalTypeByName(String name);

    edu.harvard.iq.dvn.core.study.DataVariable getDataVariable(Long dvId);

    void determineStudiesFromVariables(List variables, List studies, Map variableMap);

    edu.harvard.iq.dvn.core.study.VariableRangeType findVariableRangeTypeByName(String name);

    java.util.List getDataVariablesByFileOrder(Long dtId);
    
    List<SummaryStatisticType> findAllSummaryStatisticType();
    SummaryStatisticType findSummaryStatisticTypeByName(List<SummaryStatisticType> typeList, String name);
    
    List<VariableFormatType> findAllVariableFormatType();
    VariableFormatType findVariableFormatTypeByName(List<VariableFormatType> typeList, String name);

    
    List<VariableIntervalType> findAllVariableIntervalType();
    VariableIntervalType findVariableIntervalTypeByName(List<VariableIntervalType> typeList, String name);

    List<VariableRangeType> findAllVariableRangeType();
    VariableRangeType findVariableRangeTypeByName(List<VariableRangeType> typeList, String name);
    
}