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package org.annotopia.grails.connectors;

import java.util.HashMap;

import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.json.JSONObject;

/**
 * @author Paolo Ciccarese <paolo.ciccarese@gmail.com>
 */
public interface ITermSearchService {
	
	/**
	 * Method that must be implemented by all term search services
	 * @param content		The search query
	 * @param parameters	The service parametrization
	 * @return The results in JSON format
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	JSONObject search(String content, HashMap parameters);
}