trunk/chemistry-opencmis-commons/chemistry-opencmis-commons-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/chemistry/opencmis/commons/impl/TypeCache.java

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package org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.impl;

import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.definitions.PropertyDefinition;
import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.definitions.TypeDefinition;

/**
 * Temporary type cache used for one call.
 */
public interface TypeCache {

    /**
     * Gets the type definition by type ID.
     */
    TypeDefinition getTypeDefinition(String typeId);

    /**
     * Reloads the type definition by type ID.
     */
    TypeDefinition reloadTypeDefinition(String typeId);
    
    /**
     * Gets the type definition of an object.
     */
    TypeDefinition getTypeDefinitionForObject(String objectId);

    /**
     * Finds the property definition in all cached types.
     */
    PropertyDefinition<?> getPropertyDefinition(String propId);
}