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A GWT based resource editor. This component is used as a part of OpenCms, an enterprise-ready, easy to use website content management system based on Java and XML technology. Offering a complete set of features, OpenCms helps content managers worldwide to create and maintain beautiful websites fast and efficiently.

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/*
 * This library is part of the Acacia Editor -
 * an open source inline and form based content editor for GWT.
 *
 * Copyright (c) Alkacon Software GmbH (http://www.alkacon.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * For further information about Alkacon Software, please see the
 * company website: http://www.alkacon.com
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package com.alkacon.acacia.shared.rpc;

import com.alkacon.acacia.shared.ContentDefinition;
import com.alkacon.acacia.shared.Entity;
import com.alkacon.acacia.shared.EntityHtml;
import com.alkacon.acacia.shared.ValidationResult;

import java.util.List;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;

/**
 * The content service used to load and persist entity and type information.
 * 
 * Use this asynchronous interface on the client side.

 */
public interface I_ContentServiceAsync {

    /**
     * Loads the content definition for a given type.

     * 
     * @param entityId the entity id/URI
     * @param callback the asynchronous callback
     */
    void loadContentDefinition(String entityId, AsyncCallback callback);

    /**
     * Saves the given entities and returns a validation result in case of invalid entities.

     * 
     * @param entities the entities to save
     * @param callback the asynchronous callback
     */
    void saveEntities(List entities, AsyncCallback callback);

    /**
     * Saves the given entity and returns a validation result in case of invalid entities.

     * 
     * @param entity the entity to save
     * @param callback the asynchronous callback
     */
    void saveEntity(Entity entity, AsyncCallback callback);

    /**
     * Retrieves the updated entity HTML representation.

     * The entity data will be validated but not persisted on the server.

     * 
     * @param entity the entity
     * @param contextUri the context URI
     * @param htmlContextInfo information about the HTML context
     * @param callback the asynchronous callback
     */
    void updateEntityHtml(Entity entity, String contextUri, String htmlContextInfo, AsyncCallback callback);

    /**
     * Validates the given entities and returns maps of error and warning messages in case of invalid attributes.
     * 
     * @param changedEntities the entities to validate
     * @param callback the asynchronous callback
     */
    void validateEntities(List changedEntities, AsyncCallback callback);
}