DSpaceObjectLegacySupportService (DSpace Kernel :: API and Implementation 7.0-beta2.1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - class type

All Known Subinterfaces:

BitstreamService, BundleService, CollectionService, CommunityService, EPersonService, GroupService, ItemService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BitstreamServiceImpl, BundleServiceImpl, CollectionServiceImpl, CommunityServiceImpl, EPersonServiceImpl, GroupServiceImpl, ItemServiceImpl
```
public interface DSpaceObjectLegacySupportService<T extends DSpaceObject>
```
Service interface class that adds support to retrieve DSpaceObject by the old integer based identifier which was used to identify DSpaceObjects prior to DSpace 6.0

Author:

kevinvandevelde at atmire.com

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`findByIdOrLegacyId(Context context, String id)`
`T`	`findByLegacyId(Context context, int id)`	Generic find for when the precise type of a DSO is not known, just the a pair of type number and database ID.
`int`	`getSupportsTypeConstant()`	Returns the Constants which this service supports

- Method Detail
  - findByIdOrLegacyId
```
T findByIdOrLegacyId(Context context,
                     String id)
              throws SQLException
```
    Throws:
    
    SQLException
  - findByLegacyId
```
T findByLegacyId(Context context,
                 int id)
          throws SQLException
```
    Generic find for when the precise type of a DSO is not known, just the a pair of type number and database ID.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - - the context
    
    id - - the legacy id within table of type'd objects
    
    Returns:
    
    the object found, or null if it does not exist.
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException - only upon failure accessing the database.
  - getSupportsTypeConstant
```
int getSupportsTypeConstant()
```
    Returns the Constants which this service supports
    
    Returns:
    
    a org.dspace.core.Constants that represents a DSpaceObjct type