/**
* The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
* detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
* tree and available online at
*
* http://www.dspace.org/license/
*/
package org.dspace.browse;
import org.dspace.content.DCValue;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public interface BrowseItemDAO
{
/**
* Get an array of all the items in the database
*
* @return array of items
* @throws java.sql.SQLException
*/
public BrowseItem[] findAll()
throws SQLException;
/**
* perform a database query to obtain the string array of values corresponding to
* the passed parameters. In general you should use:
*
* <code>
* getMetadata(schema, element, qualifier, lang);
* </code>
*
* As this will obtain the value from cache if available first.
*
* @param itemId
* @param schema
* @param element
* @param qualifier
* @param lang
* @return
* @throws SQLException
*/
public DCValue[] queryMetadata(int itemId, String schema, String element, String qualifier, String lang)
throws SQLException;
}