001/*
002 * Copyright (c) 2010 The Regents of the University of California.
003 * All rights reserved.
004 *
005 * '$Author: barseghian $'
006 * '$Date: 2011-01-27 01:54:56 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jan 2011) $' 
007 * '$Revision: 26850 $'
008 * 
009 * Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without
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011 * software and its documentation for any purpose, provided that the above
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027 *
028 */
029
030package org.kepler.gui;
031
032import org.kepler.authentication.AuthenticationException;
033import org.kepler.objectmanager.repository.RepositoryException;
034
035import ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException;
036
037/**
038 * An interface for repository searchers.  Used in SimpleLibrarySearcher.java.
039 */
040public interface RepositorySearcher
041{
042        public LibrarySearchResults search(String value, boolean authenticate)
043                throws IllegalActionException, RepositoryException, AuthenticationException;
044        
045        public void setSkipOntology(boolean skipOntolog);
046
047}