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/**
 * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
 * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
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 */
package org.dspace.app.util.service;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.UUID;

import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject;
import org.dspace.core.Context;

/**
 * Utility class providing methods to deal with generic DSpace Object of unknown type
 */
public interface DSpaceObjectUtils {
    /**
     * Retrieve a DSpaceObject from its uuid. As this method need to iterate over all the different services that
     * support concrete class of DSpaceObject it has poor performance. Please consider the use of the direct service
     * (ItemService, CommunityService, etc.) if you know in advance the type of DSpaceObject that you are looking for
     *
     * @param context
     *            DSpace context
     * @param uuid
     *            the uuid to lookup
     * @return the DSpaceObject if any with the supplied uuid
     * @throws SQLException
     */
    public DSpaceObject findDSpaceObject(Context context, UUID uuid) throws SQLException;
}