org.kuali.rice.krms.impl.repository
Interface ContextBoService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContextBoServiceImpl

public interface ContextBoService

This is the interface for accessing KRMS repository Context related bos

Author:

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

Method Summary

ContextDefinition	createContext(ContextDefinition context) This will create a ContextDefinition exactly like the parameter passed in.
ContextDefinition	getContextByContextId(String contextId) Retrieves an Context from the repository based on the given context id.
ContextDefinition	getContextByNameAndNamespace(String name, String namespace) Retrieves an Context from the repository based on the provided context name and namespace.
void	updateContext(ContextDefinition context) This will update an existing ContextDefinition.

Method Detail

createContext

ContextDefinition createContext(ContextDefinition context)

This will create a ContextDefinition exactly like the parameter passed in.

Parameters:

context - The Context to create

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the context is null

IllegalStateException - if the context already exists in the system

updateContext

void updateContext(ContextDefinition context)

This will update an existing ContextDefinition.

Parameters:

context - The Context to update

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the Context is null

IllegalStateException - if the Context does not exists in the system

getContextByContextId

ContextDefinition getContextByContextId(String contextId)

Retrieves an Context from the repository based on the given context id.

Parameters:

contextId - the id of the Context to retrieve

Returns:

an ContextDefinition identified by the given contextId. A null reference is returned if an invalid or non-existent id is supplied.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the contextId is null or blank.

getContextByNameAndNamespace

ContextDefinition getContextByNameAndNamespace(String name,
                                               String namespace)

Retrieves an Context from the repository based on the provided context name and namespace.

Parameters:

name - the name of the Context to retrieve.

namespace - the namespace that the context is under.

Returns:

an ContextDefinition identified by the given name and namespace. A null reference is returned if an invalid or non-existent name and namespace combination is supplied.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the either the name or the namespace is null or blank.