ContributionLocatorByLocalIdAndType (Silverpeas Core 6.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CalendarContributionLocator
```
public interface ContributionLocatorByLocalIdAndType
```
This interface defines the locator of Contribution instances which must be implemented by services providing contributions.

From a local identifier and a type, the system asks to the several ContributionLocatorByLocalIdAndType implements the related full ContributionIdentifier.
Ths ContributionIdentifier permits to use ApplicationService service to retrieve some contributions.

Author:

silveryocha

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Optional<ContributionIdentifier>`	`getContributionIdentifierFromLocalIdAndType(String localId, String type)`	Gets the full `ContributionIdentifier` of a `Contribution` from a local identifier and a type.
`boolean`	`isContributionLocatorOfType(String type)`	Indicates if the implementation is able to locate a contribution of the given type.

- Method Detail
  - isContributionLocatorOfType
```
boolean isContributionLocatorOfType(String type)
```
    Indicates if the implementation is able to locate a contribution of the given type.
    
    The main interest of this method is to increase the performance into mechanism of locating.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - a contribution type.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if implementation is able to locate a contribution of the given type, false otherwise.
  - getContributionIdentifierFromLocalIdAndType
```
Optional<ContributionIdentifier> getContributionIdentifierFromLocalIdAndType(String localId,
                                                                             String type)
```
    Gets the full ContributionIdentifier of a Contribution from a local identifier and a type.
    
    A local identifier is an identifier which is unique into the context of a component.
    In a higher scope level, application level so, there is no guarantee that the local identifier could be unique.
    That is why the type is a mandatory data for the contribution location search. Indeed, a local id could not be unique at application level, but a couple localId / type has to (publication services for example).
    
    Parameters:
    
    localId - a local identifier.
    
    type - a type of contribution.
    
    Returns:
    
    the optional full ContributionIdentifier.