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package org.protempa;

import java.util.List;
import org.protempa.backend.TermSourceBackendUpdatedEvent;
import org.protempa.backend.tsb.TermSourceBackend;

/**
 *
 * @author Andrew Post
 */
public interface TermSource extends Source<TermSourceUpdatedEvent, TermSourceBackend, TermSourceBackendUpdatedEvent> {

    /**
     * Gets the term subsumption for the given term ID. The subsumption is the
     * term itself and all of its descendants.
     *
     * @param termId the term ID to subsume
     * @return a {@link List} of term IDs composing the given term's subsumption
     */
    List<String> getTermSubsumption(String termId) throws TermSourceReadException;

    Term readTerm(String id) throws TermSourceReadException;
    
}
