1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2011 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.bo;
17
18 import java.util.List;
19
20
21 /**
22 *
23 * This is a marker interface used to determine whether we are dealing with a GlobalBusinessObject or something else
24 *
25 * If implementations of this class implement {@link PersistableBusinessObject} as well, then it is strongly recommended that
26 * classes override {@link PersistableBusinessObject#buildListOfDeletionAwareLists()} as well. If this is not done correctly, then
27 * deleted collection elements will not be persisted, and upon reload from the DB, the deleted items will appear in the collection.
28 */
29 public interface GlobalBusinessObject {
30
31 /**
32 * Gets the documentNumber attribute.
33 *
34 * @return Returns the documentNumber
35 *
36 */
37 public String getDocumentNumber();
38
39 /**
40 * Sets the documentNumber attribute.
41 *
42 * @param documentNumber The documentNumber to set.
43 *
44 */
45 public void setDocumentNumber(String documentNumber);
46
47 /**
48 *
49 * This method applies the global changed fields to the list of BOs contained within, and returns the list, with all the
50 * relevant values updated.
51 *
52 * @return Returns a List of BusinessObjects that are ready for persisting, with any relevant values changed
53 *
54 */
55 public List<PersistableBusinessObject> generateGlobalChangesToPersist();
56
57 /**
58 *
59 * This method generates a list of BusinessObjects that need to be deleted as part of the final processing for a global
60 * maintenance document. These records should be deleted before the records from getGlobalChangesToPersist() are persisted.
61 *
62 * @return A List of BusinessObjects that should be deleted as part of this global maint doc's final processing.
63 *
64 */
65 public List<PersistableBusinessObject> generateDeactivationsToPersist();
66
67 /**
68 *
69 * This method examines the underlying document and determines whether it can be persisted as part of the enclosing
70 * MaintenanceDocument. If it returns false, then the Maintenance Document it is part of should not be saved, as a SQL Exception
71 * is likely to result.
72 *
73 * @return True if the document can be safely persisted, False if not.
74 *
75 */
76 public boolean isPersistable();
77
78 /**
79 * Returns a list of all global detail objects on this document. This method needs to return all detail
80 * objects, even if they are of different types.
81 *
82 * @return
83 */
84 public List<? extends GlobalBusinessObjectDetail> getAllDetailObjects();
85 }