001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2011 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.kcb.service;
017    
018    import java.util.Collection;
019    
020    import org.kuali.rice.kcb.bo.Message;
021    
022    /**
023     * The MessageService class is responsible various functions regarding the 
024     * Message records that exist within the system.
025     *
026     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
027     */
028    public interface MessageService {
029        /**
030         * Saves a message
031         * @param message a Message
032         */
033        public void saveMessage(Message message);
034        
035        /**
036         * Deletes a message
037         * @param message a Message
038         */
039        public void deleteMessage(Message message);
040    
041        /**
042         * Finds a message by id
043         * @param id the message id
044         * @return the message object if found
045         */
046        public Message getMessage(Long id);
047        
048        /**
049         * Finds a message by origin id
050         * @param id the origin message id
051         * @return the message object if found
052         */
053        public Message getMessageByOriginId(String originId);
054    
055        /**
056         * Returns all messages in the system
057         * @return all messages in the system
058         */
059        public Collection<Message> getAllMessages();
060    }