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 package org.kuali.rice.ken.service;

 import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationMessageDelivery;

 import org.kuali.rice.kew.api.WorkflowDocument;

 /**

  * The NotificationWorkflowDocumentService class is responsible for housing service methods for interacting with KEW.

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

  */

 public interface NotificationWorkflowDocumentService {

     /**

      * This service method is responsible for creating a NotificationWorkflowDocument for the given user, which in turn, 

      * creates a workflow document in KEW.  It then ad-hoc routes the document to the passed in recipient.  This 

      * method will be used by the NotificationService.deliverNotification() service method.

      * @param messageDelivery - the specific NotificationMessageDelivery that is associated with this ad hoc route

      * @param initiatorUserId - the person/workflow user who is responsible for "initiating" this workflow document

      * @param recipientUserId - the person/workflow user who will recieve this document via an ad hoc route

      * @param annotation - a description of the workflow ad hoc route transaction

      * @return String - the id of the workflow document

      */

     public String createAndAdHocRouteNotificationWorkflowDocument(NotificationMessageDelivery messageDelivery, String initiatorUserId, 

             String recipientUserId, String annotation);

     /**

      * This method is responsible for canceling a workflow document; which in turn simulates the "checking-off" 

      * of a notification in the notification list by the system through an auto-removal.

      * @param initiatorUserId

      * @param workflowDocument

      * @param annotation

      */

     public void clearAllFyisAndAcknowledgeNotificationWorkflowDocument(String initiatorUserId, WorkflowDocument workflowDocument, String annotation);

     /**

      * This method is responsible for unconditionally terminating a workflow document, after which there should be no

      * pending action requests against this document.

      * @param document workflow document to terminate

      */

     public void terminateWorkflowDocument(WorkflowDocument document);

     /**

      * This service method is responsible for retrieving a NotificationWorkflowDocument from KEW.

      * @param initiatorUserId

      * @param workflowDocumentId

      * @return NotificationWorkflowDocument

      */

     public WorkflowDocument getNotificationWorkflowDocumentByDocumentId(String initiatorUserId, String workflowDocumentId);

 }