1 /***
2 * Copyright (C) 2009 TM-Search Community.
3 *
4 * This file is part of TM-Search Services.
5 *
6 * Foobar is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
9 * (at your option) any later version.
10 *
11 * Foobar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 * GNU General Public License for more details.
15 *
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 * along with Foobar. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
18 */
19
20 package eu.europa.tmsearch.services.business.util;
21
22 /***
23 * An service interface defining utility method to convert from/to ST13 IDs from
24 * office specific IDs
25 *
26 *
27 *
28 */
29 public interface ST13Converter {
30
31 /***
32 * Returns a ST13ID given an office specific ID
33 *
34 * @param officeSpecificID A Office specific ID
35 * @return A ST13 ID
36 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
37 * if there a conversion error
38 */
39 public String toST13ID(String officeSpecificID) throws IllegalArgumentException;
40
41 /***
42 * Returns a office specific ID given a ST13ID
43 *
44 * @param st13ID A ST13 ID
45 * @return A Office specific ID
46 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
47 * if there a conversion error
48 */
49 public String fromST13ID(String st13ID) throws IllegalArgumentException;
50 }