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/**
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 * Copyright (c) 2013/2014 Verein zur Foerderung der IT-Sicherheit in Oesterreich (SBA).
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 * The work has been developed in the TIMBUS Project and the above-mentioned are Members of the TIMBUS Consortium.
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 * TIMBUS is supported by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme for research and technological
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 * development and demonstration activities (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 269940.
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 *
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
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 * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including without
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 * limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTIBITLY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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 * PURPOSE. In no event and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise,
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 * unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be liable for damages, including
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 * any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of this
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 * License or out of the use or inability to use the Work.
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitation under the License.
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 */
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package org.sba_research.timbus.kb;
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import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
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import java.util.List;
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public interface ToolKnowledgeBase {
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    /**
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     * Returns tools that provide a specific action.
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     *
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     * @param action The action fragment.
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     * @return A list of tool IRIs.
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     */
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    List<String> getProvidingTools(String action);
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    /**
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     * Returns a list of alternative tools.
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     * Alternatives are all tools that provide at least the same actions as the tool for which an
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     * alternative is searched.
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     *
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     * @param tool The tool fragment.
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     * @return A list of tool IRIs.
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     */
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    List<String> getAlternativeTools(String tool);
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    /**
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     * Returns a list of tools that support the given input and output format.
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     *
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     * @param format A input (left) /output (right) format pair.
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     * @return A list of tool IRIs.
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     */
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    List<String> getSupportingTools(Pair<String, String> format);
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    /**
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     * @return Returns a list of Pronom IDs of all formats.
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     */
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    List<String> getAllFormatIDs();
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    /**
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     * Returns the format name of a given ID.
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     * @param formatID The Pronom ID of a format.
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     * @return A format IRI.
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     */
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    List<String> getFormatName(String formatID);
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    /**
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     * Returns tools and their output formats that support a specified input format.
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     *
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     * @param formatID The Pronom ID of a format.
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     * @return A list of possible migration options.
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     */
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    List<FormatMigrationOption> getFormatMigrationOption(String formatID);
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}