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package edu.tufts.vue.fsm;
/**
This interface returns the repositories that are going to be searched. This information
comes directly from the Data Source Manager. The union or intersection of search types
among the repositories is also available.
*/
public interface SourcesAndTypesManager
{
public static final int ALL_TYPES = 0;
public static final int TYPES_IN_COMMON = 1;
public org.osid.repository.Repository[] getRepositoriesToSearch();
public edu.tufts.vue.dsm.DataSource[] getDataSourcesToSearch();
public org.osid.shared.Type[] getSearchTypes(int rule);
}