IAlternateNameDao.java

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package com.gisgraphy.domain.repository;

import java.util.List;

import com.gisgraphy.domain.geoloc.entity.AlternateName;

/**
 * Interface of data access object for {@link AlternateName}
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:david.masclet@gisgraphy.com">David Masclet</a>
 */
public interface IAlternateNameDao extends IDao<AlternateName, Long> {

    /**
     * This method returns the language used by the AlternateName. the results
     * are sorted by the number of times they are used(most popula first)
     * 
     * @return a list of languages that are used by the alternate names or an
     *         empty list (never return null).
     * 
     */
    public List<String> getUsedLanguagesCodes();

}