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004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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016package org.kuali.rice.ken.service;
017
018import java.util.Collection;
019
020import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationContentTypeBo;
021
022/**
023 * Service for accessing {@link org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationContentTypeBo}s
024 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
025 */
026public interface NotificationContentTypeService {
027    /**
028     * This method retrieves a NotificationContentType by name.
029     * @param name The name of the content type
030     * @return NotificationContentType
031     */
032    public NotificationContentTypeBo getNotificationContentType(String name);
033
034    /**
035     * This method saves a NotificationContentType object instance to the DB, creating a new, current,
036     * version if one already exists.  Note that this means that this API cannot be used to modify
037     * the data of an existing content type record.
038     * @param contentType The NotificationContentType instance to save.
039     */
040    public void saveNotificationContentType(NotificationContentTypeBo contentType);
041
042    /**
043     * This method returns all current NotificationContentTypes in the system.
044     * @return Collection
045     */
046    public Collection<NotificationContentTypeBo> getAllCurrentContentTypes();
047
048    /**
049     * This method returns all versions of all NotificationContentTypes in the system.
050     * @return Collection
051     */
052    public Collection<NotificationContentTypeBo> getAllContentTypes();
053}