org.kuali.rice.kew.actions
Interface ActionRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

ActionRegistryImpl

public interface ActionRegistry

Maintains the registry of Workflow Actions. Actions are (currently) identified by a one-letter action code and map to a Class which should extend the org.kuali.rice.kew.actions.ActionTakenEvent class.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

ActionTakenEvent	createAction(java.lang.String actionCode, java.util.List<org.kuali.rice.core.reflect.DataDefinition> parameters) Constructs and returns the ActionTakenEvent implementation which can be used to invoke the Action with the given parameters.
java.util.Map	getActionMap() Returns an immutable map of the Action Code to Action Class mappings in this registry.
ValidActions	getValidActions(org.kuali.rice.kim.bo.entity.KimPrincipal principal, DocumentRouteHeaderValue document) Returns a List of valid action codes for the given user on the document.
void	registerAction(java.lang.String actionCode, java.lang.String actionClass) Registers the given Action.
void	unregisterAction(java.lang.String actionCode) Unregisters the Action with the given code.

Method Detail

registerAction

void registerAction(java.lang.String actionCode,
                    java.lang.String actionClass)

Registers the given Action.

Parameters:

actionCode - Should be a one-letter unique code

actionClass - the fully-qualified Java classname of the ActionTakenEvent implementation

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the actionCode is not one character or already in use, also throws this exception if the actionClass is null

unregisterAction

void unregisterAction(java.lang.String actionCode)

Unregisters the Action with the given code.

getActionMap

java.util.Map getActionMap()

Returns an immutable map of the Action Code to Action Class mappings in this registry.

createAction

ActionTakenEvent createAction(java.lang.String actionCode,
                              java.util.List<org.kuali.rice.core.reflect.DataDefinition> parameters)
                              throws org.kuali.rice.kew.exception.ResourceUnavailableException

Constructs and returns the ActionTakenEvent implementation which can be used to invoke the Action with the given parameters.

Throws:

org.kuali.rice.kew.exception.ResourceUnavailableException - if the action class cannot be constructed

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given actionCode has not been registered

getValidActions

ValidActions getValidActions(org.kuali.rice.kim.bo.entity.KimPrincipal principal,
                             DocumentRouteHeaderValue document)
                             throws org.kuali.rice.kew.exception.ResourceUnavailableException

Returns a List of valid action codes for the given user on the document.

Throws:

org.kuali.rice.kew.exception.ResourceUnavailableException - if an action class cannot be constructed