ExtensibleEntityProvider.java

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package com.thinkbiganalytics.metadata.api.extension;

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import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 *
 */
public interface ExtensibleEntityProvider {

    //    List<ExtensibleType> getTypes(ExtensibleType type);

    ExtensibleEntity createEntity(ExtensibleType type, Map<String, Object> props);

    ExtensibleEntity updateEntity(ExtensibleEntity extensibleEntity, Map<String, Object> props);

    List<ExtensibleEntity> getEntities();

    List<ExtensibleEntity> getEntities(String typeName);

    List<? extends ExtensibleEntity> findEntitiesMatchingProperty(String typeName, String propName, Object value);

    ExtensibleEntity getEntity(ExtensibleEntity.ID id);

}