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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 useCache
     *            specifies whether the type definition should be looked up in
     *            the type definition cache first or not
     */
    TypeDefinition getTypeDefinition(String repositoryId, String typeId, ExtensionsData extension, boolean useCache);
}