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 *
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */
package org.exoplatform.services.cms.documents;

import java.util.List;

import javax.jcr.Node;

/**
 * Manages favorites of users.
 *
 * @LevelAPI Experimental
 */
public interface FavoriteService {

  /**
   * Adds favorite to a node.
   * 
   * @param node The node to which favorite is added.
   * @param userName The user who added favorite to the node.
   * @throws Exception The exception will be raised if the node can not add
   *           mixin.
   */
 public void addFavorite(Node node, String userName) throws Exception;


  /**
   * Removes favorite from a node.
   * 
   * @param node The node from which favorite is removed.
   * @param userName The user who removed favorite from the node.
   * @throws Exception
   */
 public void removeFavorite(Node node, String userName) throws Exception;

  /**
   * Gets all favorite nodes by a given user.
   * 
   * @param userName The user who added favorite.
   * @return The favorite node added by the user.
   * @throws Exception
   */
 public List<Node> getAllFavoriteNodesByUser( String userName, int limit) throws Exception;

  /**
   * Checks if a node is in favorite list of a given user.
   * 
   * @param userName The given user.
   * @param node The node to be checked.
   */
 public boolean isFavoriter(String userName, Node node) throws Exception ;

}
