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+package org.gcube.application.framework.core;
+
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+import org.gcube.application.framework.core.genericresources.model.ISGenericResource;
+import org.gcube.application.framework.core.util.Pair;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author Valia Tsagkalidou (NKUA)
+ *
+ */
+public interface GenericResourceInfoI {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param name the name of the generic resource
+	 * @return a list containing the generic resources that have as name the given
+	 * @throws RemoteException when an error has occurred while communicating with  IS
+	 */
+	public   List<ISGenericResource> getGenericResourceByName(String name) throws RemoteException ;
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param id the id of the generic resource
+	 * @return a list containing the corresponding generic resources
+	 * @throws RemoteException when an error has occurred while communicating with  IS
+	 */
+	public   List<ISGenericResource> getGenericResourceByID(String id) throws RemoteException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return a list containing the  generic resources that describe which collections are part of the active VRE as well as their hierarchical structure (the name of this generic resource is "ScenarioCollectionInfo")  
+	 * @throws RemoteException when an error has occurred while communicating with  IS
+	 */
+	public  List<ISGenericResource> getGenericResourceForScenario() throws RemoteException ;	
+
+	/**
+	 * Updates a generic resource based on it's ID
+	 * @param genericResource the generic resource to be updated
+	 * @throws RemoteException when an error has occurred while communicating with  IS
+	 */
+	public   void updateGenericResourceByID(ISGenericResource genericResource) throws RemoteException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new generic resource
+	 * @param genericResource the new generic resource
+	 * @throws RemoteException when an error has occurred while communicating with  IS
+	 */
+	public   String createGenericResource(ISGenericResource genericResource) throws RemoteException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Reomoves an existing generic resource
+	 * @param genericResource the generic resource to be removed
+	 * @throws RemoteException when an error has occurred while communicating with  IS
+	 */
+	public void removeGenericResource(ISGenericResource genericResource) throws RemoteException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * @return a list containing pairs of (name, id) of the available generic resources 
+	 * @throws RemoteException when an error has occurred while communicating with  IS
+	 */
+	public List<Pair> getAvailableGenericResourceNames() throws RemoteException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param xsltType Presentation or Metadata. The type of the xslt
+	 * @return A vector which contains all the generic resources, xslts of this type. The xslts are sorted by the schema.
+	 */
+	public HashMap<String,Vector<String[]>> getAllXslts(String xsltType);
+}