source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Services.OKB/3.3/Interfaces/IQueryService.cs @ 4426

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using System.Data;
using System.Net.Security;
using System.ServiceModel;

namespace HeuristicLab.Services.OKB {
  /// <summary>
  /// Service interface for downloading selected information about <see cref="Experiment"/> <see cref="Run"/>s.
  /// </summary>
  [ServiceContract(SessionMode = SessionMode.Required, ProtectionLevel = ProtectionLevel.EncryptAndSign)]
  public interface IQueryService {
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets a list of all possible attribute selectors.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>An array of <see cref="Server.AttributeSelector"/>s</returns>
    [OperationContract(IsInitiating = true, IsTerminating = true)]
    AttributeSelector[] GetAllAttributeSelectors();

    /// <summary>
    /// Prepares the a query using the specified selection criteria.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="selectors">The list of <see cref="Server.AttributeSelector"/>s.</param>
    /// <returns>An empty <see cref="DataTable"/> containing only the column headers.</returns>
    [OperationContract(IsInitiating = true, IsTerminating = false)]
    DataTable PrepareQuery(AttributeSelector[] selectors);

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the number of matching rows for the prepared query
    /// (see <see cref="IQueryService.PrepareQuery"/>).
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The number of matching rows.</returns>
    [OperationContract(IsInitiating = false, IsTerminating = false)]
    int GetCount();

    /// <summary>
    /// Fetches the next <paramref name="nRows"/> rows for the 
    /// prepared query (see <see cref="IQueryService.PrepareQuery"/>).
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="nRows">The maximum number of rows to return.</param>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="DataTable"/> containing only the next
    /// <paramref name="nRows"/> rows.</returns>
    [OperationContract(IsInitiating = false, IsTerminating = false)]
    DataTable GetNextRows(int nRows);

    /// <summary>
    /// Terminates the session and closes the connection.
    /// </summary>
    [OperationContract(IsInitiating = false, IsTerminating = true)]
    void Terminate();
  }
}