/**
 * Copyright 2008-2009 DRIVER PROJECT (ICM UW)
 * Original author: Marek Horst
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package eu.dnetlib.data.index.ws.dataprov;

import eu.dnetlib.common.ws.dataprov.DataProviderException;
import eu.dnetlib.common.ws.dataprov.IDataProviderExt;

/**
 * Index data provider.
 * @author mhorst
 *
 */
public interface IIndexDataProvider extends IDataProviderExt {

	/**
	 * Creates index bulk data. Returns bdId.
	 * @param bulkDataDTO
	 * @return dbId
	 * @throws DataProviderException
	 */
	public String createBulkData(CreateBulkDataDTO bulkDataDTO)
		throws DataProviderException;
	

}