1 /** 2 * Copyright 2005-2011 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 package org.kuali.rice.krad.document; 17 18 import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.ActionTakenEvent; 19 import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteLevelChange; 20 import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteStatusChange; 21 import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.identity.Person; 22 import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRoutePerson; 23 import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRouteWorkgroup; 24 import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.DocumentHeader; 25 import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.Note; 26 import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.PersistableBusinessObject; 27 import org.kuali.rice.krad.document.authorization.PessimisticLock; 28 import org.kuali.rice.krad.exception.ValidationException; 29 import org.kuali.rice.krad.rule.event.KualiDocumentEvent; 30 import org.kuali.rice.krad.service.DocumentSerializerService; 31 import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.NoteType; 32 import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.documentserializer.PropertySerializabilityEvaluator; 33 import org.kuali.rice.krad.workflow.KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer; 34 35 import java.util.List; 36 import java.util.Map; 37 38 39 /** 40 * This is the Document interface. All entities that are regarded as "eDocs" in the system, including Maintenance documents and 41 * Transaction Processing documents should implement this interface as it defines methods that are necessary to interact with the 42 * underlying frameworks and components (i.e. notes, attachments, workflow, etc). 43 */ 44 public interface Document extends PersistableBusinessObject { 45 46 /** 47 * This retrieves the standard <code>DocumentHeader</code> object, which contains standard meta-data about a document. 48 * 49 * @return document header since all docs will have a document header 50 */ 51 public DocumentHeader getDocumentHeader(); 52 53 /** 54 * Sets the associated <code>DocumentHeader</code> for this document. 55 * 56 * @param documentHeader 57 */ 58 public void setDocumentHeader(DocumentHeader documentHeader); 59 60 /** 61 * All documents have a document header id. This is the quick accessor to that unique identifier and should return the same 62 * value as documentHeader.getDocumentHeaderId(). 63 * 64 * @return doc header id 65 */ 66 public String getDocumentNumber(); 67 68 /** 69 * setter for document header id 70 * 71 * @param documentHeaderId 72 */ 73 public void setDocumentNumber(String documentHeaderId); 74 75 /** 76 * This is the method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually populate the workflow defined data structure(s) so that 77 * workflow can routed based on this data. This method is responsible for passing over the proper Kuali (client system) data 78 * that will be used by workflow to determine how the document is actually routed. 79 */ 80 public void populateDocumentForRouting(); 81 82 /** 83 * This is a method where we can get the xml of a document that the workflow system will use to base it's routing and search 84 * attributes on. 85 * 86 * @return the document serialized to an xml string 87 */ 88 public String serializeDocumentToXml(); 89 90 /** 91 * This method is used to get the xml that should be used in a Route Report. In it's default implementation this will call the 92 * methods prepareForSave() and populateDocumentForRouting(). 93 */ 94 public String getXmlForRouteReport(); 95 96 /** 97 * method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually handle the transitions of levels for documents 98 */ 99 public void doRouteLevelChange(DocumentRouteLevelChange levelChangeEvent); 100 101 /** 102 * method to integrate with workflow where we will be able to perform logic for an action taken being performed on a document 103 */ 104 public void doActionTaken(ActionTakenEvent event); 105 106 /** 107 * This method will be called after the Workflow engine has completely finished processing a document. 108 * 109 * @param successfullyProcessed - true if the document was processed successfully, false otherwise 110 */ 111 public void afterWorkflowEngineProcess(boolean successfullyProcessed); 112 113 /** 114 * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document. 115 */ 116 public void beforeWorkflowEngineProcess(); 117 118 /** 119 * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document. 120 */ 121 public List<String> getWorkflowEngineDocumentIdsToLock(); 122 123 /** 124 * Getter method to get the document title as it will appear in and be searchable in workflow. 125 */ 126 public String getDocumentTitle(); 127 128 /** 129 * getter method to get the list of ad hoc route persons associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only valid 130 * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a 131 * document 132 */ 133 public List<AdHocRoutePerson> getAdHocRoutePersons(); 134 135 /** 136 * getter method to get the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only 137 * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action 138 * on a document 139 */ 140 public List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> getAdHocRouteWorkgroups(); 141 142 /** 143 * setter method to set the list of ad hoc route persons associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only valid 144 * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a 145 * document 146 * 147 * @param adHocRoutePersons 148 */ 149 public void setAdHocRoutePersons(List<AdHocRoutePerson> adHocRoutePersons); 150 151 /** 152 * setter method to set the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only 153 * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action 154 * on a document 155 * 156 * @param adHocRouteWorkgroups 157 */ 158 public void setAdHocRouteWorkgroups(List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> adHocRouteWorkgroups); 159 160 /** 161 * This method provides a hook that will be called before the document is saved. This method is useful for applying document 162 * level data to children. For example, if someone changes data at the document level, and that data needs to be propagated to 163 * child objects or child lists of objects, you can use this method to update the child object or iterate through the list of 164 * child objects and apply the document level data to them. Any document that follows this paradigm will need to make use of 165 * this method to apply all of those changes. 166 */ 167 public void prepareForSave(); 168 169 /** 170 * Sends document off to the rules engine to verify business rules. 171 * 172 * @param document - document to validate 173 * @param event - indicates which document event was requested 174 * @throws ValidationException - containing the MessageMap from the validation session. 175 */ 176 public void validateBusinessRules(KualiDocumentEvent event); 177 178 /** 179 * Do any work on the document that requires the KualiDocumentEvent before the save. 180 * 181 * @param event - indicates which document event was requested 182 */ 183 public void prepareForSave(KualiDocumentEvent event); 184 185 /** 186 * Do any work on the document after the save. 187 * 188 * @param event - indicates which document event was requested 189 */ 190 public void postProcessSave(KualiDocumentEvent event); 191 192 /** 193 * This method provides a hook that will be called after a document is retrieved, but before it is returned from the 194 * DocumentService. 195 */ 196 public void processAfterRetrieve(); 197 198 /** 199 * This method returns whether or not this document can be copied. 200 * 201 * @return True if it can be copied, false if not. 202 */ 203 public boolean getAllowsCopy(); 204 205 /** 206 * Generate any necessary events required during the save event generation 207 * 208 * @return a list of document events that were triggered by the save event 209 */ 210 public List<KualiDocumentEvent> generateSaveEvents(); 211 212 /** 213 * Handle the doRouteStatusChange event from the post processor 214 * 215 */ 216 public void doRouteStatusChange(DocumentRouteStatusChange statusChangeEvent); 217 218 /** 219 * Returns the note type which should be used for notes associated with this document. 220 * This method should never return null. 221 * 222 * @return the note type supported by this document, this value should never be null 223 */ 224 public NoteType getNoteType(); 225 226 /** 227 * Return the target PersistableBusinessObject that notes associated with this document should be attached to. 228 * In general, this method should never return null. However, it is permissible that it will return a 229 * business object which has not been persisted yet (and therefore does not have it's unique object id 230 * established). This is only valid in cases where the note type is {@link NoteType#BUSINESS_OBJECT}. 231 * 232 * In these cases it's the responsibility for implementers of the Document interface to handle storing transient 233 * copies of the document notes (in XML or otherwise) until the underlying note target has been persisted and can be attached 234 * to the document's notes via it's object id. 235 * 236 * @return the PersistableBusinessObject with which notes on this document should be associated 237 */ 238 public PersistableBusinessObject getNoteTarget(); 239 240 /** 241 * Adds the given Note to the document's list of Notes. 242 * 243 * @param note the Note to add, must be non-null 244 */ 245 public void addNote(Note note); 246 247 /** 248 * Returns a mutable list of all notes on the document. 249 * 250 * @return the list of notes associated with this document, if this document has no notes then an empty list will be returned 251 */ 252 public List<Note> getNotes(); 253 254 /** 255 * Sets the document's list of notes to the given list. 256 * 257 * @param notes the list of notes to set on the document, must be non-null 258 */ 259 public void setNotes(List<Note> notes); 260 261 /** 262 * Retrieves the note at the given index. 263 * 264 * @param index the zero-based index of the note to retrieve 265 * @return the note located at the given index 266 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range 267 */ 268 public Note getNote(int index); 269 270 /** 271 * Removes the given note from the document's list of notes. 272 * 273 * @param note the note to remove from the document's list of notes, must be non-null 274 * @return true if the note was successfully removed, false if the list did not contain the given note 275 */ 276 public boolean removeNote(Note note); 277 278 /** 279 * This method gets a list of the {@link PessimisticLock} objects associated with this document 280 * 281 */ 282 public List<PessimisticLock> getPessimisticLocks(); 283 284 /** 285 * This method updates the list of {@link PessimisticLock} objects on the document if changes could 286 * have been made 287 */ 288 public void refreshPessimisticLocks(); 289 290 /** 291 * This method adds a new {@link PessimisticLock} to the document 292 * 293 * NOTE: LOCKS ADDED VIA THIS METHOD WILL NOT BE SAVED WITH THE DOCUMENT 294 * 295 * @param lock - the lock to add to the document 296 */ 297 public void addPessimisticLock(PessimisticLock lock); 298 299 /** 300 * This is a method that is used by Kuali Pessimistic Locking to get the names (method to call values) 301 * of the {@link KualiDocumentActionBase} methods that should release locks 302 * 303 * @return the list of method names of an action that should clear locks for the current user 304 */ 305 public List<String> getLockClearningMethodNames(); 306 /** 307 * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()} 308 * is serializable during the document serialization process. 309 * 310 * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing 311 * 312 * @see DocumentSerializerService 313 * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization() 314 */ 315 316 public String getBasePathToDocumentDuringSerialization(); 317 318 /** 319 * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()} 320 * is serializable during the document serialization process. 321 * 322 * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing 323 * 324 * @see DocumentSerializerService 325 * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization() 326 */ 327 public PropertySerializabilityEvaluator getDocumentPropertySerizabilityEvaluator(); 328 329 /** 330 * This method will return the root object to be serialized for workflow routing. If necessary, this method will wrap this document object with a wrapper (i.e. contains a reference back to this document). This 331 * wrapper may also contain references to additional objects that provide metadata useful to the workflow engine. 332 * 333 * If no wrappers are necessary, then this object may return "this" 334 * 335 * @return a wrapper object (most likely containing a reference to "this"), or "this" itself. 336 * @see KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer 337 */ 338 public Object wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization(); 339 340 /** 341 * This method returns whether or not this document supports custom lock descriptors for pessimistic locking. 342 * 343 * @return True if the document can generate custom lock descriptors, false otherwise. 344 * @see #getCustomLockDescriptor(Map, Person) 345 */ 346 public boolean useCustomLockDescriptors(); 347 348 /** 349 * Generates a custom lock descriptor for pessimistic locking. This method should not be called unless {@link #useCustomLockDescriptors()} returns true. 350 * 351 * @param user The user trying to establish the lock. 352 * @return A String representing the lock descriptor. 353 * @see #useCustomLockDescriptors() 354 * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.PessimisticLockService 355 * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.impl.PessimisticLockServiceImpl 356 */ 357 public String getCustomLockDescriptor(Person user); 358 }