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* $URL: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/kernel/trunk/api/src/main/java/org/sakaiproject/entity/api/EntityTransferrer.java $
* $Id: EntityTransferrer.java 105077 2012-02-24 22:54:29Z ottenhoff@longsight.com $
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package org.sakaiproject.entity.api;
import java.util.List;
/**
* <p>
* Services which implement EntityTransferrer declare themselves as willing and able to transfer/copy their entities from one context to another.
* </p>
*/
public interface EntityTransferrer
{
/**
* transfer a copy of Entites from the source context into the destination context
*
* @param fromContext
* The source context
* @param toContext
* The destination context
* @param ids
* when null, all entities will be imported; otherwise, only entities with those ids will be imported
*/
void transferCopyEntities(String fromContext, String toContext, List<String> ids);
/**
* Provide the string array of tool ids, for tools that we claim as manipulating our entities.
*
* @return
*/
String[] myToolIds();
/**
* transfer a copy of Entites from the source context into the destination context
*
* @param fromContext
* The source context
* @param toContext
* The destination context
* @param ids
* when null, all entities will be imported; otherwise, only entities with those ids will be imported
* @param cleanup
*
*/
void transferCopyEntities(String fromContext, String toContext, List<String> ids, boolean cleanup);
}