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package org.eurekaclinical.i2b2.client;

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import org.eurekaclinical.i2b2.client.comm.I2b2AuthMetadata;
import org.eurekaclinical.i2b2.client.comm.I2b2PatientSet;
import org.eurekaclinical.i2b2.client.comm.I2b2Concept;
import org.eurekaclinical.i2b2.client.pdo.I2b2PdoResults;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Interface for retrieving PDO results from i2b2.
 *
 * @author Michel Mansour
 * @since 1.0
 */
interface I2b2PdoRetriever {

    /**
     * Attempts to retrieve PDO results from i2b2 for the given patient set. The
     * results are filtered based on the requested concepts, and the request
     * will succeed only if the given user is authorized to make the request.
     *
     * @param authMetadata the i2b2 authentication metadata of the user making
     * the request
     * @param concepts the i2b2 concepts to query for
     * @param patientSet the i2b2 patient set to retrieve
     * @return a {@link I2b2PdoResults} object containing the patients, events,
     * observers, and observations retrieved from i2b2
     * @throws I2b2PdoRetrieverException if an error occurs while trying to
     * retrieve the patient data object.
     */
    I2b2PdoResults retrieve(I2b2AuthMetadata authMetadata,
            Collection concepts,
            I2b2PatientSet patientSet) throws I2b2PdoRetrieverException;
}