Package org.gbif.api.service.occurrence

Interface OccurrenceService

public interface OccurrenceService

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Occurrence	get(Long key)	Attempt to find an occurrence matching the passed key.
Occurrence	get(UUID datasetKey, String occurrenceId)	Attempt to find an occurrence matching the passed dataset key and occurrenceId.
String	getFragment(long key)	Returns the "fragment" of raw data (either xml response fragment or json dwca fragment) for the passed in key.
VerbatimOccurrence	getVerbatim(Long key)	Attempt to find the verbatim values for an occurrence matching the passed key.

Method Detail

get

@Nullable
Occurrence get(Long key)

Attempt to find an occurrence matching the passed key.

Parameters:

key - that identifies an occurrence (Long rather than long for use in methods/classes using generic types)

Returns:

a matching occurrence, or null if no occurrence can be found

Throws:

ServiceUnavailableException - if the underlying data connection fails

get

@Nullable
Occurrence get(UUID datasetKey,
               String occurrenceId)

Attempt to find an occurrence matching the passed dataset key and occurrenceId.

Parameters:

datasetKey - datasey key that should contain the occurrenceID

occurrenceId - that identifies an occurrence in a dataset

Returns:

a matching occurrence, or null if no occurrence can be found

Throws:

ServiceUnavailableException - if the underlying data connection fails

getVerbatim

@Nullable
VerbatimOccurrence getVerbatim(Long key)

Attempt to find the verbatim values for an occurrence matching the passed key.

Parameters:

key - that identifies the occurrence

Returns:

the verbatim occurrence, or null if no occurrence can be found

Throws:

ServiceUnavailableException - if the underlying data connection fails

getFragment

@Nullable
String getFragment(long key)

Returns the "fragment" of raw data (either xml response fragment or json dwca fragment) for the passed in key. Returns null if no fragment exists.

Parameters:

key - that identifies an occurrence

Returns:

the raw data fragment as a String, or null if no fragment is found

Throws:

ServiceUnavailableException - if the underlying data connection fails