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  * Copyright 2005-2008 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

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 package org.kuali.rice.kew.doctype.service;

 import java.util.List;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.framework.impex.xml.XmlExporter;

 import org.kuali.rice.kew.doctype.bo.DocumentType;

 import org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.bo.RuleAttribute;

 /**

  * Service for data access and some cache behavior of document types.

  *

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface DocumentTypeService extends DocumentTypeQueryService, XmlExporter {

     public void versionAndSave(DocumentType documentType);

     public void save(DocumentType documentType);

     public void save(DocumentType documentType, boolean flushCache);

     public void flushCache();

     public List findAllCurrentRootDocuments();

     public List findAllCurrent();

     public List<DocumentType> findPreviousInstances(String documentTypeName);

     public List getChildDocumentTypes(String documentTypeId);

     public void clearCacheForAttributeUpdate(RuleAttribute ruleAttribute);

     /**

      *

      * This method is similar to the findByName method except it is case insensitive.

      *

      * @param name

      * @return

      */

     public DocumentType findByNameCaseInsensitive(String name);

 }