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<h1>MusicBrainz::IWebService Class Reference</h1> </div>
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<p>An interface all concrete web service classes have to implement.
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_i_web_service.html#a69f03af504c1274d7b6a5f41fb0b7e99">~IWebService</a> ()</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual std::string </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_i_web_service.html#a366d622c1eed452af3756ee955ef62c3">get</a> (const std::string &entity, const std::string &id, const <a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_i_includes.html#afecd9a28c3be5892ec4ce11bcb4fd66e">IIncludes::IncludeList</a> &include, const <a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_i_filter.html#aaba1f8574aef404c9df93d340f10d611">IFilter::ParameterList</a> &filter, const std::string &version="1")=0</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight"><a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_query.html" title="A simple interface to the MusicBrainz web service.">Query</a> the web service. <a href="#a366d622c1eed452af3756ee955ef62c3"></a><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">virtual void </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_i_web_service.html#a6f16a6c0135d94fb970c36b92aa2af7f">post</a> (const std::string &entity, const std::string &id, const std::string &data, const std::string &version="1")=0</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Submit data to the web service. <a href="#a6f16a6c0135d94fb970c36b92aa2af7f"></a><br/></td></tr>
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<p>An interface all concrete web service classes have to implement. </p>
<p>All web service classes have to implement this and follow the method specifications. </p>
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<td class="memname">virtual std::string MusicBrainz::IWebService::get </td>
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<p><a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_query.html" title="A simple interface to the MusicBrainz web service.">Query</a> the web service. </p>
<p>Using this method, you can either get a resource by id (using the <em>id</em> parameter, or perform a query on all resources of a type.</p>
<p>The <em>filter</em> and the <em>id</em> parameter exclude each other. If you are using a filter, you may not set <em>id</em> and vice versa.</p>
<p>Returns a file-like object containing the result or raises a <a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_web_service_error.html" title="A web service error has occurred.">WebServiceError</a> or one of its subclasses in case of an error. Which one is used depends on the implementing class.</p>
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<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>entity</em> </td><td>a string containing the entity's name </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>id</em> </td><td>a string containing a UUID, or the empty string </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>include</em> </td><td>a tuple containing values for the 'inc' parameter </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>filter</em> </td><td>parameters, depending on the entity </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>version</em> </td><td>a string containing the web service version to use</td></tr>
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<dl class="return"><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>a string contaning the returned data</dd></dl>
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<p>Implemented in <a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_web_service.html#a5135fd0521855bf32c9f2b1ef8a59f93">MusicBrainz::WebService</a>.</p>
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<td class="memname">virtual void MusicBrainz::IWebService::post </td>
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<p>Submit data to the web service. </p>
<dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
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<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>entity</em> </td><td>a string containing the entity's name </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>id</em> </td><td>a string containing a UUID, or the empty string </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>data</em> </td><td>a string containing the data to post </td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>version</em> </td><td>a string containing the web service version to use</td></tr>
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<p>Implemented in <a class="el" href="class_music_brainz_1_1_web_service.html#a0587bdf75700342c1263a897c936cfdc">MusicBrainz::WebService</a>.</p>
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