DescriptionService (GBIF Common :: API 2.0.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

NameUsageExtensionService<Description>
```
public interface DescriptionService
extends NameUsageExtensionService<Description>
```
Service interface for Description Interface methods. This is the public interface providing methods for retrieving Description. These methods will for the most part return a Description object.

See Also:

Description

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Description`	`get(int key)`	Retrieve a description by its key.
`TableOfContents`	`getToc(int taxonKey)`	Returns a table of content for all available descriptions of a name usage.

Methods inherited from interface org.gbif.api.service.checklistbank.NameUsageExtensionService
listByUsage

- Method Detail
  - getToc
```
TableOfContents getToc(int taxonKey)
```
    Returns a table of content for all available descriptions of a name usage.
    
    Parameters:
    
    taxonKey - the name usage key
  - get
```
@Nullable
Description get(int key)
```
    Retrieve a description by its key. The portal species pages rely on this method to asynchroneously load species descriptions.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - that identifies a description