# -*- coding: utf-8
# Copyright (c) 2008, HTK

from zope.interface import Interface
from zope.publisher.interfaces.browser import IBrowserRequest

class IMDBase(Interface):
    """ base metadataportal interface """

class iMDPortal(IMDBase):
    """ md portal """

class IMDLayer(IBrowserRequest):
    """ mdportal skin layer 1 """

class IMDResources(IBrowserRequest):
    """ mdporta resources layer """

class IMDSkin(IMDLayer, IMDResources): 
    """ skin """

class IWaramu(IMDBase):
    """ persistent waramu interface """

class IUsers(IMDBase):
    """ container for user objects """

class IUser(IMDBase):
    """ user object """

class IContent(IMDBase):
    """ displays resources """

class IResource(IMDBase):
    """ resource object """

class IBrowser(IMDBase):
    """ content browser """

class ITranslator(Interface):
    """ translator interfaces """

    def translate(self, id, lang=None):
        """ returns a translated value for id """

class IVocabulary(Interface):
    """ field vocabulary """

    def treeLike(self):
        """ defines if a vocabulary is a tree-like vocabulary or not """

    def getMain(self):
        """ returns vocabulary.
        [{'id': 'id', 't':'title'}, ...] 
        """

    def getVocabulary(self, typeID, fieldname):
        """ vocabulary for a field.
        [[id, title], ...]
        """

    def restricts(self):
        """ fixes to vocabulary or not """