package ora.jwsnut.chapter6.serializerbookservice;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

/**
 * The interface definition for the book
 * web service.
 */
public interface SBookQuery extends Remote {
    
    /**
     * Gets the number of books known to the service
     * @return the number of books known to the service.
     */
    public abstract int getBookCount() throws RemoteException;
    
    /**
     * Get the author for a book with a given name.
     * @param name the name of the book.
     * @return the author of the book, or <code>null</code>
     * if no matching book can be found.
     */
    public abstract String getAuthor(String name) throws RemoteException;
    
    /**
     * Gets the name of the editor for a book.
     * @param name the name of the book.
     * @return the editor of the book, or <code>null</code>
     * if no matching book can be found.
     */
    public abstract String getEditor(String name) throws RemoteException;
    
    /**
     * Gets the price of a book with a given name. If the given
     * name does not match with a known book, a <code>BookServiceException</code>
     * is thrown.
     * @param name the name of the book.
     * @return the price of the book.
     */
    public abstract double getPrice(String name) throws BookServiceException,
                                                        RemoteException;
    
    /**
     * Gets information for all known books, in the form of an
     * array.
     * @return an array of <code>BookInfo</code> objects with one
     * entry for each book.
     */
    public abstract BookInfo[] getBookInfo() throws RemoteException;
    
    /** 
     * Returns all of the books known to the book
     * service in the form of a <code>HashMap</code> where the
     * key to each entry is the book title in upper case
     * and the value is a <code>BookInfo</code> object.
     */
    public abstract HashMap getBookMap() throws RemoteException;
}