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package org.fryske_akademy.ejb;

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import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;
import org.fryske_akademy.jpa.RevInfo;

/**
 * Generic interface for entities history.
 *
 * @author eduard
 */
public interface Auditing extends CrudWriteService {

    /**
     * return list of revision numbers, first is the oldest
     *
     * @param id
     * @return
     */
    public  List getRevisionNumbers(Object id, Class type);

    /**
     * get historical data for a certain revision
     *
     * @param 
     * @param n
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
    public  T getRevision(Number n, Class type);

    /**
     * return a list holding revision information, newest come first
     *
     * @param 
     * @param id
     * @param max the maximum to number of results to return, defaults to 5
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
    public  List> getRevisionInfo(Serializable id, Integer max, Class type);

}