1 /*
2 * Copyright 2005-2006 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 /*
17 * Created on Oct 12, 2005
18 *
19 */
20 package org.kuali.ole.gl.batch.service;
21
22 import java.util.Date;
23
24 import org.kuali.ole.gl.businessobject.Transaction;
25 import org.kuali.ole.sys.service.ReportWriterService;
26
27 /**
28 * An interface that delcares the methods that the Poster needs to post a transaction.
29 */
30 public interface PostTransaction {
31 /**
32 * Post a single transaction to a single destination.
33 *
34 * @param t Transaction to post
35 * @param mode PosterService.MODE_ENTRIES or PosterService.MODE_REVERSAL
36 * @param postDate post date/time
37 * @param posterReportWriterService the writer service where the poster is writing its report
38 * @return The letter I if a row was inserted, U updated, D deleted. The string can have multiple codes.
39 */
40 public String post(Transaction t, int mode, Date postDate, ReportWriterService posterReportWriterService);
41
42 /**
43 * The name of the destination for the post (ie, the database table name where resultant records will be posted)
44 *
45 * @return name
46 */
47 public String getDestinationName();
48 }