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3    * Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen), King's College London,
4    * Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen Stiftung Oeffentlichen Rechts
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19  
20  package eu.ehri.project.models.idgen;
21  
22  import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
23  import eu.ehri.project.persistence.Bundle;
24  
25  import java.util.Collection;
26  
27  /**
28   * Generate an ID given an entity type, a set of scopes, and some data.
29   */
30  public interface IdGenerator {
31  
32      /**
33       * @param scopeIds  The entity's parent scope identifiers
34       * @param bundle The entity's bundle data
35       * @return A set of errors
36       */
37      ListMultimap<String, String> handleIdCollision(Collection<String> scopeIds, Bundle bundle);
38  
39      /**
40       * Generate an ID given an array of scope IDs. This can be used
41       * where the scope might not yet exist.
42       *
43       * @param scopeIds An array of scope ids, ordered parent-to-child.
44       * @param bundle   The entity's bundle data
45       * @return A generated ID string
46       */
47      String generateId(Collection<String> scopeIds, Bundle bundle);
48  
49      /**
50       * Return the base data for the id, sans scoping.
51       * @param bundle The entity's bundle.
52       * @return The base id string.
53       */
54      String getIdBase(Bundle bundle);
55  }