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  * 

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 package org.kuali.rice.kew.postprocessor;

 import java.util.List;

 /**

  * Hook for applications to perform logic due to workflow events from the engine.

  * 

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

  */

 public interface PostProcessor {

         /**

          * Executed whenever the status of the document changes.

          * 

          * @return ProcessDocReport indicating if the status change succeeded

          */

     public ProcessDocReport doRouteStatusChange(DocumentRouteStatusChange statusChangeEvent) throws Exception;

     /**

          * Executed whenever the document transitions from one node to another.

          * 

          * @return ProcessDocReport indicating if the node transition succeeded

          */

     public ProcessDocReport doRouteLevelChange(DocumentRouteLevelChange levelChangeEvent) throws Exception;

     /**

          * Executed whenever a deletion of the document is required.

          * 

          * @return ProcessDocReport indicating if the deletion should be permitted to occur or not

          */

     public ProcessDocReport doDeleteRouteHeader(DeleteEvent event) throws Exception;

     /**

      * Executed whenever an action is taken against the document.

      * 

      * @return ProcessDocReport indicating whether or not the action should succeed

      */

     public ProcessDocReport doActionTaken(ActionTakenEvent event) throws Exception;

     /**

      * Executed prior to processing by the workflow engine.

      *

      * @return ProcessDocReport indicating whether or not the document processing should be allowed to proceed

      */

     public ProcessDocReport beforeProcess(BeforeProcessEvent processEvent) throws Exception;

     /**

      * Executed after processing by the workflow engine has completed.

      *

      * @return ProcessDocReport indicating whether or not the document was successfully processed

      */

     public ProcessDocReport afterProcess(AfterProcessEvent processEvent) throws Exception;

     /**

      * Executed prior to document locking in the workflow engine.  This method returns a List of document

      * ids to lock prior to execution of the document in the workflow engine.  If the engine processing is

      * going to result in updates to any other documents, they should be locked at the beginning of the engine

      * processing transaction.  This method facilitates that.

      * 

      * <p>Note that, by default, the id of the document that is being processed by the engine is always

      * locked.  So there is no need to return that document id in the list of document ids to lock.

      * 

      * @return a List of document ids to lock prior to execution of the workflow engine

      */

     public List<String> getDocumentIdsToLock(DocumentLockingEvent lockingEvent) throws Exception;

 }