AuthorityService (DSpace Kernel :: API and Implementation 7.6.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthorityServiceImpl
```
public interface AuthorityService
```
Service interface class for the Metadata Authority. The implementation of this class is responsible for all business logic calls for the Metadata Authority and is autowired by Spring.

Author:

kevinvandevelde at atmire.com

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`indexItem(Context context, Item item)`	Add an `Item` to the authority index.
`boolean`	`isConfigurationValid()`

- Method Detail
  - indexItem
```
void indexItem(Context context,
               Item item)
        throws SQLException,
               AuthorizeException
```
    Add an Item to the authority index.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - current DSpace session.
    
    item - the Item to be added.
    
    Throws:
    
    SQLException - passed through.
    
    AuthorizeException - passed through.
  - isConfigurationValid
```
boolean isConfigurationValid()
```