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package org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.spi;
import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.data.ExtensionsData;
import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.definitions.TypeDefinition;
/**
* Extended Repository Service interface.
*
* This interface has NO equivalent in the CMIS specification. It contains
* repository convenience operations for clients and is built on top of the CMIS
* specified operations.
*
* This interface need not to be implemented by CMIS servers.
*/
public interface ExtendedRepositoryService {
/**
* Gets the definition of the specified object type.
*
* @param repositoryId
* the identifier for the repository
* @param typeId
* typeId of an object type specified in the repository
* @param extension
* extension data
* @param useCache
* specifies whether the type definition should be looked up in
* the type definition cache first or not
* @return the type definition
*/
TypeDefinition getTypeDefinition(String repositoryId, String typeId, ExtensionsData extension, boolean useCache);
}