001    /*
002     * Copyright 2005-2008 The Kuali Foundation
003     * 
004     * 
005     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     * 
009     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
010     * 
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     * limitations under the License.
016     */
017    package org.kuali.rice.kew.help.service;
018    
019    import java.util.List;
020    
021    import org.kuali.rice.kew.help.HelpEntry;
022    import org.kuali.rice.kew.xml.XmlLoader;
023    import org.kuali.rice.kew.xml.export.XmlExporter;
024    
025    
026    /**
027     * A service which provides data access for {@link HelpEntry} objects.
028     * 
029     * @see HelpEntry
030     *
031     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
032     */
033    public interface HelpService extends XmlLoader, XmlExporter {
034        public void save(HelpEntry helpEntry);    
035        public void saveXmlEntry(HelpEntry helpEntry);
036        public void delete(HelpEntry helpEntry);
037        public HelpEntry findById(Long helpId);
038        public List search(HelpEntry helpEntry);
039        public HelpEntry findByKey(String helpKey);
040    }