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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 }