org.kuali.rice.kew.validation
Class RuleValidationContext

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.kew.validation.RuleValidationContext

public class RuleValidationContext
extends Object

The RuleValidationContext represents the context under which to validate a Rule which is being entered into the system, be it through the web-based Rule GUI or via an XML import. The ruleAuthor is the UserSession of the individual who is entering or editing the rule. This may be null if the rule is being run through validation from the context of an XML rule import. The RuleDelegation represents the pointer to the rule from it's parent rule's RuleResponsibility. This will be null if the rule being entered is not a delegation rule.

Author:

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

Constructor Summary

RuleValidationContext(RuleBaseValues rule, RuleDelegation ruleDelegation, UserSession ruleAuthor)
Construct a RuleValidationContext under which to validate a rule.

Method Summary

RuleBaseValues	getRule() Retrieve the rule which is being validated.
UserSession	getRuleAuthor() Retrieve the UserSession of the individual entering the rule into the system.
RuleDelegation	getRuleDelegation() Retrieve the RuleDelegation representing the parent of the rule being validated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RuleValidationContext

public RuleValidationContext(RuleBaseValues rule,
                             RuleDelegation ruleDelegation,
                             UserSession ruleAuthor)

Construct a RuleValidationContext under which to validate a rule. The rule must be non-null, the delegation and author can be null given the circumstances defined in the description of this class.

Method Detail

getRule

public RuleBaseValues getRule()

Retrieve the rule which is being validated.

getRuleAuthor

public UserSession getRuleAuthor()

Retrieve the UserSession of the individual entering the rule into the system. May be null in the case of an XML rule import.

getRuleDelegation

public RuleDelegation getRuleDelegation()

Retrieve the RuleDelegation representing the parent of the rule being validated. If the rule is not a delegation rule, then this will return null;