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* $Id: RDFSearchService.java 105078 2012-02-24 23:00:38Z ottenhoff@longsight.com $
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package org.sakaiproject.search.api.rdf;
import java.util.List;
/**
* @author ieb
*
*/
public interface RDFSearchService
{
/**
* adds a block of RDF expressed as XML-RDF to the store
* @param data
* @throws RDFIndexException
*/
void addData(String data) throws RDFIndexException;
/**
* Performs a table based search using RQL on the RDF store returning a list of results.
* Ideally the implementation should not force binding to the underlying provider in the list
* @param searchSpec
* @return
* @throws RDFSearchException
*/
List search(String searchSpec) throws RDFSearchException;
}