0.10/commons/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/commons/activity/Retrieval.java

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package org.apache.oodt.commons.activity;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.List;

/**
   Retrieval is a vehicle for getting activities and their associated incidents from {@link Storage}.

   @author S. Hardman
   @version $Revision: 1.1 $
*/
public interface Retrieval {

   /**
      Retrieve the list of activities.

      @return A list of {@link StoredActivity} classes.
      @throws ActivityException If an error occurs accessing the Storage.
   */
   List retrieve() throws ActivityException;
}