/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005,2009 Declarative Engineering LLC.
 * All rights reserved.  This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Declarative Engineering LLC
 * verson 1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://declarativeengineering.com/legal/DE_Developer_License_v1.txt
 */
package com.foundation.application;

import com.foundation.metadata.MetadataService;
import com.foundation.transaction.TransactionService;
import com.foundation.view.resource.AbstractResourceService;

public interface IApplication extends com.foundation.controller.IController {
/**
 * Gets the repository identifier for the application's primary (default) repository connection.
 * @return The repository identifier the application objects will use by default.
 */
public Object getDefaultRepositoryIdentifier();
/**
 * Gets the repository identifier for the application's primary (default) repository connection for the given class.
 * @param type The class whose default repository identifier is desired.
 * @return The repository identifier the application objects of the given type will use by default.
 */
public Object getDefaultRepositoryIdentifier(Class type);
/**
 * Gets the metadata service for this application.
 * @return The metadata service object that will service this application's metadata needs.
 */
public MetadataService getMetadataService();
/**
 * Gets the resource service for this application.
 * @return The resource service object that will service this application's resource needs.
 */
public AbstractResourceService getResourceService();
/**
 * Gets the transaction service for this application.
 * @return The transaction service object that will service this application's transactional needs.
 */
public TransactionService getTransactionService();
/**
 * Gets the URL to access the given database.
 * @param id The database/repository identifier.
 * @return The URL for the database, or null if the URL in the metadata should be used.
 */
public String getDatabaseUrl(Object id);
/**
 * Gets the name of the user to connect to the database as.
 * @param id The database/repository identifier.
 * @return The database user name to use when connecting.
 */
public String getDatabaseUser(Object id);
/**
 * Gets the password used to connect to the database.
 * @param id The database/repository identifier.
 * @return The database user password to use when connecting.
 */
public String getDatabasePassword(Object id);
}//IApplication//