org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.node.service
Interface BranchService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BranchServiceImpl

public interface BranchService

A service providing data access for Branch instances.

Author:

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

Method Summary

void	deleteBranchStates(List statesToBeDeleted)
String	getScopedVariableValue(Branch branch, String name) Responsible for inspecting the branch hierarchy/scope and returning a value for the variable name if it exists somewere in scope.
void	save(Branch branch)
String	setScopedVariableValue(Branch branch, String name, String value) Responsible for setting a value in the branch hierarchy/scope.

Method Detail

save

void save(Branch branch)

deleteBranchStates

void deleteBranchStates(List statesToBeDeleted)

getScopedVariableValue

String getScopedVariableValue(Branch branch,
                              String name)

Responsible for inspecting the branch hierarchy/scope and returning a value for the variable name if it exists somewere in scope.

Parameters:

branch - the lowermost scope to start resolution

Returns:

a value for the key if it exists somewere in scope

setScopedVariableValue

String setScopedVariableValue(Branch branch,
                              String name,
                              String value)

Responsible for setting a value in the branch hierarchy/scope. If the variable name exists in a scope, it will be updated as opposed to created in a lower scope.

Parameters:

branch - the lowermost scope to start resolution

value - the value to set for the variable

Returns:

the replaced value of the variable, if the variable was already defined, or null otherwise