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  * Copyright 2005-2008 The Kuali Foundation

  * 

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.service;

 import java.util.List;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.document.Document;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.rule.BusinessRule;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.rule.event.KualiDocumentEvent;

 /**

  * Defines the interface to the business-rule evaluation service, used to evauluate document-type-specific business rules using

  * document-related events to drive the process.

  */

 public interface KualiRuleService {

     /**

      * Retrieves and instantiates the businessRulesClass associated with the event's document type (if any), and calls the

      * appropriate process* method of that businessRule for handling the given event type. This is a helper method that takes in the

      * generic KualiDocumentEvent class and determines which event call to make.

      * 

      * @param event

      * @return true if no rule is applied, or all rules are applied successfully, false otherwise

      */

     public boolean applyRules(KualiDocumentEvent event);

     /**

      * Builds a list containing ad hoc route person events appropriate for the context.

      * 

      * @param document

      * @return List

      */

     public List generateAdHocRoutePersonEvents(Document document);

     /**

      * Builds a list containing ad hoc route workgroup events appropriate for the context.

      * 

      * @param document

      * @return List

      */

     public List generateAdHocRouteWorkgroupEvents(Document document);

     /**

      * Allows code in actions or business objects to directly access rule methods in the class.

      * 

      * @param document

      * @param ruleInterface

      * @return BusinessRule

      */

     public BusinessRule getBusinessRulesInstance(Document document, Class ruleInterface);

 }