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16  package org.kuali.rice.krad.document;
17  
18  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.ActionTakenEvent;
19  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteLevelChange;
20  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteStatusChange;
21  import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.identity.Person;
22  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRoutePerson;
23  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRouteWorkgroup;
24  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.DocumentHeader;
25  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.Note;
26  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.PersistableBusinessObject;
27  import org.kuali.rice.krad.document.authorization.PessimisticLock;
28  import org.kuali.rice.krad.exception.ValidationException;
29  import org.kuali.rice.krad.rules.rule.event.KualiDocumentEvent;
30  import org.kuali.rice.krad.service.DocumentSerializerService;
31  import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.NoteType;
32  import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.documentserializer.PropertySerializabilityEvaluator;
33  import org.kuali.rice.krad.workflow.KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer;
34  
35  import java.util.List;
36  import java.util.Map;
37  
38  
39  /**
40   * This is the Document interface. All entities that are regarded as "eDocs" in the system, including Maintenance documents and
41   * Transaction Processing documents should implement this interface as it defines methods that are necessary to interact with the
42   * underlying frameworks and components (i.e. notes, attachments, workflow, etc).
43   *
44   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
45   */
46  public interface Document extends PersistableBusinessObject {
47  	
48      /**
49       * This retrieves the standard <code>DocumentHeader</code> object, which contains standard meta-data about a document.
50       * 
51       * @return document header since all docs will have a document header
52       */
53      public DocumentHeader getDocumentHeader();
54  
55      /**
56       * Sets the associated <code>DocumentHeader</code> for this document.
57       * 
58       * @param documentHeader
59       */
60      public void setDocumentHeader(DocumentHeader documentHeader);
61  
62      /**
63       * All documents have a document header id. This is the quick accessor to that unique identifier and should return the same
64       * value as documentHeader.getDocumentHeaderId().
65       * 
66       * @return doc header id
67       */
68      public String getDocumentNumber();
69  
70      /**
71       * setter for document header id
72       * 
73       * @param documentHeaderId
74       */
75      public void setDocumentNumber(String documentHeaderId);
76  
77      /**
78       * This is the method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually populate the workflow defined data structure(s) so that
79       * workflow can routed based on this data. This method is responsible for passing over the proper Kuali (client system) data
80       * that will be used by workflow to determine how the document is actually routed.
81       */
82      public void populateDocumentForRouting();
83  
84      /**
85       * This is a method where we can get the xml of a document that the workflow system will use to base it's routing and search
86       * attributes on.
87       * 
88       * @return the document serialized to an xml string
89       */
90      public String serializeDocumentToXml();
91      
92      /**
93       * This method is used to get the xml that should be used in a Route Report.  In it's default implementation this will call the
94       * methods prepareForSave() and populateDocumentForRouting().
95       */
96      public String getXmlForRouteReport();
97      
98      /**
99       * method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually handle the transitions of levels for documents
100      */
101     public void doRouteLevelChange(DocumentRouteLevelChange levelChangeEvent);
102     
103     /**
104      * method to integrate with workflow where we will be able to perform logic for an action taken being performed on a document
105      */
106     public void doActionTaken(ActionTakenEvent event);
107     
108     /**
109      * This method will be called after the Workflow engine has completely finished processing a document.
110      * 
111      * @param successfullyProcessed - true if the document was processed successfully, false otherwise
112      */
113     public void afterWorkflowEngineProcess(boolean successfullyProcessed);
114     
115     /**
116      * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document.
117      */
118     public void beforeWorkflowEngineProcess();
119     
120     /**
121      * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document.
122      */
123     public List<String> getWorkflowEngineDocumentIdsToLock();
124 
125     /**
126      * Getter method to get the document title as it will appear in and be searchable in workflow.
127      */
128     public String getDocumentTitle();
129 
130     /**
131      * getter method to get the list of ad hoc route persons associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only valid
132      * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a
133      * document
134      */
135     public List<AdHocRoutePerson> getAdHocRoutePersons();
136 
137     /**
138      * getter method to get the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only
139      * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action
140      * on a document
141      */
142     public List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> getAdHocRouteWorkgroups();
143 
144     /**
145      * setter method to set the list of ad hoc route persons associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only valid
146      * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a
147      * document
148      * 
149      * @param adHocRoutePersons
150      */
151     public void setAdHocRoutePersons(List<AdHocRoutePerson> adHocRoutePersons);
152 
153     /**
154      * setter method to set the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only
155      * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action
156      * on a document
157      * 
158      * @param adHocRouteWorkgroups
159      */
160     public void setAdHocRouteWorkgroups(List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> adHocRouteWorkgroups);
161 
162     /**
163      * This method provides a hook that will be called before the document is saved. This method is useful for applying document
164      * level data to children. For example, if someone changes data at the document level, and that data needs to be propagated to
165      * child objects or child lists of objects, you can use this method to update the child object or iterate through the list of
166      * child objects and apply the document level data to them. Any document that follows this paradigm will need to make use of
167      * this method to apply all of those changes.
168      */
169     public void prepareForSave();
170 
171     /**
172      * Sends document off to the rules engine to verify business rules.
173      * 
174      * @param document - document to validate
175      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
176      * @throws ValidationException - containing the MessageMap from the validation session.
177      */
178     public void validateBusinessRules(KualiDocumentEvent event);
179     
180     /**
181      * Do any work on the document that requires the KualiDocumentEvent before the save.
182      * 
183      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
184      */
185     public void prepareForSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
186     
187     /**
188      * Do any work on the document after the save.
189      * 
190      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
191      */
192     public void postProcessSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
193     
194     /**
195      * This method provides a hook that will be called after a document is retrieved, but before it is returned from the
196      * DocumentService.
197      */
198     public void processAfterRetrieve();
199 
200     /**
201      * This method returns whether or not this document can be copied.
202      * 
203      * @return True if it can be copied, false if not.
204      */
205     public boolean getAllowsCopy();
206     
207     /**
208      * Generate any necessary events required during the save event generation
209      * 
210      * @return a list of document events that were triggered by the save event
211      */
212     public List<KualiDocumentEvent> generateSaveEvents();
213     
214    /**
215      * Handle the doRouteStatusChange event from the post processor
216      * 
217      */
218     public void doRouteStatusChange(DocumentRouteStatusChange statusChangeEvent);
219     
220     /**
221      * Returns the note type which should be used for notes associated with this document.
222      * This method should never return null.
223      * 
224      * @return the note type supported by this document, this value should never be null
225      */
226     public NoteType getNoteType();
227     
228     /**
229      * Return the target PersistableBusinessObject that notes associated with this document should be attached to.
230      * In general, this method should never return null.  However, it is permissible that it will return a 
231      * business object which has not been persisted yet (and therefore does not have it's unique object id
232      * established).  This is only valid in cases where the note type is {@link NoteType#BUSINESS_OBJECT}.
233      * 
234      * In these cases it's the responsibility for implementers of the Document interface to handle storing transient
235      * copies of the document notes (in XML or otherwise) until the underlying note target has been persisted and can be attached
236      * to the document's notes via it's object id.
237      * 
238      * @return the PersistableBusinessObject with which notes on this document should be associated
239      */
240     public PersistableBusinessObject getNoteTarget();
241     
242     /**
243      * Adds the given Note to the document's list of Notes.
244      * 
245      * @param note the Note to add, must be non-null
246      */
247     public void addNote(Note note);
248     
249     /**
250      * Returns a mutable list of all notes on the document.
251      * 
252      * @return the list of notes associated with this document, if this document has no notes then an empty list will be returned
253      */
254     public List<Note> getNotes();
255     
256     /**
257 	 * Sets the document's list of notes to the given list.
258 	 * 
259 	 * @param notes the list of notes to set on the document, must be non-null
260 	 */
261 	public void setNotes(List<Note> notes);
262     
263     /**
264      * Retrieves the note at the given index.
265      * 
266      * @param index the zero-based index of the note to retrieve
267      * @return the note located at the given index
268      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
269      */
270     public Note getNote(int index);
271     
272     /**
273      * Removes the given note from the document's list of notes.
274      * 
275      * @param note the note to remove from the document's list of notes, must be non-null
276      * @return true if the note was successfully removed, false if the list did not contain the given note
277      */
278     public boolean removeNote(Note note);
279     
280     /**
281      * This method gets a list of the {@link PessimisticLock} objects associated with this document
282      * 
283      */
284     public List<PessimisticLock> getPessimisticLocks();
285     
286     /**
287      * This method updates the list of {@link PessimisticLock} objects on the document if changes could
288      * have been made
289      */
290     public void refreshPessimisticLocks();
291     
292     /**
293      * This method adds a new {@link PessimisticLock} to the document
294      * 
295      * NOTE: LOCKS ADDED VIA THIS METHOD WILL NOT BE SAVED WITH THE DOCUMENT
296      * 
297      * @param lock - the lock to add to the document
298      */
299     public void addPessimisticLock(PessimisticLock lock);
300     
301     /**
302      * This is a method that is used by Kuali Pessimistic Locking to get the names (method to call values)
303      * of the {@link KualiDocumentActionBase} methods that should release locks
304      * 
305      * @return the list of method names of an action that should clear locks for the current user
306      */
307     public List<String> getLockClearningMethodNames();
308     /**
309      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
310      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
311      * 
312      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
313      * 
314      * @see DocumentSerializerService
315      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
316      */
317     
318     public String getBasePathToDocumentDuringSerialization();
319     
320     /**
321      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
322      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
323      * 
324      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
325      * 
326      * @see DocumentSerializerService
327      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
328      */
329     public PropertySerializabilityEvaluator getDocumentPropertySerizabilityEvaluator();
330     
331     /**
332      * This method will return the root object to be serialized for workflow routing.  If necessary, this method will wrap this document object with a wrapper (i.e. contains a reference back to this document).  This
333      * wrapper may also contain references to additional objects that provide metadata useful to the workflow engine.
334      * 
335      * If no wrappers are necessary, then this object may return "this"
336      * 
337      * @return a wrapper object (most likely containing a reference to "this"), or "this" itself.
338      * @see KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer
339      */
340     public Object wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization();
341     
342     /**
343      * This method returns whether or not this document supports custom lock descriptors for pessimistic locking.
344      * 
345      * @return True if the document can generate custom lock descriptors, false otherwise.
346      * @see #getCustomLockDescriptor(Map, Person)
347      */
348     public boolean useCustomLockDescriptors();
349     
350     /**
351      * Generates a custom lock descriptor for pessimistic locking. This method should not be called unless {@link #useCustomLockDescriptors()} returns true.
352      * 
353      * @param user The user trying to establish the lock.
354      * @return A String representing the lock descriptor.
355      * @see #useCustomLockDescriptors()
356      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.PessimisticLockService
357      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.impl.PessimisticLockServiceImpl
358      */
359     public String getCustomLockDescriptor(Person user);
360 }