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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 event - indicates which document event was requested
175      * @throws ValidationException - containing the MessageMap from the validation session.
176      */
177     public void validateBusinessRules(KualiDocumentEvent event);
178     
179     /**
180      * Do any work on the document that requires the KualiDocumentEvent before the save.
181      * 
182      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
183      */
184     public void prepareForSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
185     
186     /**
187      * Do any work on the document after the save.
188      * 
189      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
190      */
191     public void postProcessSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
192     
193     /**
194      * This method provides a hook that will be called after a document is retrieved, but before it is returned from the
195      * DocumentService.
196      */
197     public void processAfterRetrieve();
198 
199     /**
200      * This method returns whether or not this document can be copied.
201      * 
202      * @return True if it can be copied, false if not.
203      */
204     public boolean getAllowsCopy();
205     
206     /**
207      * Generate any necessary events required during the save event generation
208      * 
209      * @return a list of document events that were triggered by the save event
210      */
211     public List<KualiDocumentEvent> generateSaveEvents();
212     
213    /**
214      * Handle the doRouteStatusChange event from the post processor
215      * 
216      */
217     public void doRouteStatusChange(DocumentRouteStatusChange statusChangeEvent);
218     
219     /**
220      * Returns the note type which should be used for notes associated with this document.
221      * This method should never return null.
222      * 
223      * @return the note type supported by this document, this value should never be null
224      */
225     public NoteType getNoteType();
226     
227     /**
228      * Return the target PersistableBusinessObject that notes associated with this document should be attached to.
229      * In general, this method should never return null.  However, it is permissible that it will return a 
230      * business object which has not been persisted yet (and therefore does not have it's unique object id
231      * established).  This is only valid in cases where the note type is {@link NoteType#BUSINESS_OBJECT}.
232      * 
233      * In these cases it's the responsibility for implementers of the Document interface to handle storing transient
234      * copies of the document notes (in XML or otherwise) until the underlying note target has been persisted and can be attached
235      * to the document's notes via it's object id.
236      * 
237      * @return the PersistableBusinessObject with which notes on this document should be associated
238      */
239     public PersistableBusinessObject getNoteTarget();
240     
241     /**
242      * Adds the given Note to the document's list of Notes.
243      * 
244      * @param note the Note to add, must be non-null
245      */
246     public void addNote(Note note);
247     
248     /**
249      * Returns a mutable list of all notes on the document.
250      * 
251      * @return the list of notes associated with this document, if this document has no notes then an empty list will be returned
252      */
253     public List<Note> getNotes();
254     
255     /**
256 	 * Sets the document's list of notes to the given list.
257 	 * 
258 	 * @param notes the list of notes to set on the document, must be non-null
259 	 */
260 	public void setNotes(List<Note> notes);
261     
262     /**
263      * Retrieves the note at the given index.
264      * 
265      * @param index the zero-based index of the note to retrieve
266      * @return the note located at the given index
267      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
268      */
269     public Note getNote(int index);
270     
271     /**
272      * Removes the given note from the document's list of notes.
273      * 
274      * @param note the note to remove from the document's list of notes, must be non-null
275      * @return true if the note was successfully removed, false if the list did not contain the given note
276      */
277     public boolean removeNote(Note note);
278     
279     /**
280      * This method gets a list of the {@link PessimisticLock} objects associated with this document
281      * 
282      */
283     public List<PessimisticLock> getPessimisticLocks();
284     
285     /**
286      * This method updates the list of {@link PessimisticLock} objects on the document if changes could
287      * have been made
288      */
289     public void refreshPessimisticLocks();
290     
291     /**
292      * This method adds a new {@link PessimisticLock} to the document
293      * 
294      * NOTE: LOCKS ADDED VIA THIS METHOD WILL NOT BE SAVED WITH THE DOCUMENT
295      * 
296      * @param lock - the lock to add to the document
297      */
298     public void addPessimisticLock(PessimisticLock lock);
299     
300     /**
301      * This is a method that is used by Kuali Pessimistic Locking to get the names (method to call values)
302      * of the {@link KualiDocumentActionBase} methods that should release locks
303      * 
304      * @return the list of method names of an action that should clear locks for the current user
305      */
306     public List<String> getLockClearningMethodNames();
307     /**
308      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
309      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
310      * 
311      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
312      * 
313      * @see DocumentSerializerService
314      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
315      */
316     
317     public String getBasePathToDocumentDuringSerialization();
318     
319     /**
320      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
321      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
322      * 
323      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
324      * 
325      * @see DocumentSerializerService
326      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
327      */
328     public PropertySerializabilityEvaluator getDocumentPropertySerizabilityEvaluator();
329     
330     /**
331      * 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
332      * wrapper may also contain references to additional objects that provide metadata useful to the workflow engine.
333      * 
334      * If no wrappers are necessary, then this object may return "this"
335      * 
336      * @return a wrapper object (most likely containing a reference to "this"), or "this" itself.
337      * @see KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer
338      */
339     public Object wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization();
340     
341     /**
342      * This method returns whether or not this document supports custom lock descriptors for pessimistic locking.
343      * 
344      * @return True if the document can generate custom lock descriptors, false otherwise.
345      * @see #getCustomLockDescriptor(Map, Person)
346      */
347     public boolean useCustomLockDescriptors();
348     
349     /**
350      * Generates a custom lock descriptor for pessimistic locking. This method should not be called unless {@link #useCustomLockDescriptors()} returns true.
351      * 
352      * @param user The user trying to establish the lock.
353      * @return A String representing the lock descriptor.
354      * @see #useCustomLockDescriptors()
355      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.PessimisticLockService
356      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.impl.PessimisticLockServiceImpl
357      */
358     public String getCustomLockDescriptor(Person user);
359 }