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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2013 The Kuali Foundation
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.node.hierarchyrouting;
17  
18  import java.util.List;
19  
20  import org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.RouteContext;
21  import org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.node.RouteNode;
22  import org.kuali.rice.kew.engine.node.RouteNodeInstance;
23  
24  
25  /**
26   * HierarchyProvider is responsible for exposing the hierarchy that the HierarchyRoutingNode
27   * climbs/descends.
28   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
29   */
30  public interface HierarchyProvider {
31      /**
32       * Marker interface for objects the represent a "stop" or "node" in a hierarchy.
33       * E.g. "unit"
34       */
35      public interface Stop { }
36  
37      /**
38       * Initializer for the hierarchy provider.
39       * @param nodeInstance the HierarchyRouteNode instance
40       * @param context the RouteContext (nodeInstance may NOT be the HierarchyRouteNode instance; e.g. when transitioning into)
41       */
42      public void init(RouteNodeInstance nodeInstance, RouteContext context);
43      
44      /**
45       * Find all leaf stops in the xml and convert them into a list of Stop objects
46       * @param context the RouteContext
47       * @return List Stop objects
48       */
49      public List<Stop> getLeafStops(RouteContext context);
50  
51      /**
52       * @param nodeInstance the node instance
53       * @return whether stop state is associated with the specified node instance
54       */
55      public boolean hasStop(RouteNodeInstance nodeInstance);
56  
57      /**
58       * Returns the Stop at the specified routeNodeInstance, or null if the node instance
59       * is not associated with a Stop
60       * @param nodeInstance the node instance to check
61       * @return the Stop at the route node instance
62       */
63      public Stop getStop(RouteNodeInstance nodeInstance);
64  
65      /**
66       * Set any state necessary on the request node instance for a given stop.  E.g. for chart/org routing
67       * set the org and chart in the node state
68       * @param requestNodeInstance the request node instance
69       * @param stop the stop for the request node
70       */
71      public void setStop(RouteNodeInstance requestNodeInstance, Stop stop);
72  
73      /**
74       * @param stop the stop
75       * @return a a string that can be used to uniquely identify the stop.  E.g. for chart/org routing,
76       * the chart and org
77       */
78      public String getStopIdentifier(Stop stop);
79  
80      /**
81       * @param stopId the stop identifier
82       * @return the Stop by stop identifier
83       */
84      public Stop getStopByIdentifier(String stopId);
85      
86  
87      /**
88       * @param stop a stop
89       * @return the parent stop of the specified stop
90       */
91      public Stop getParent(Stop stop);
92  
93      /**
94       * @param stop the stop
95       * @return whether the given stop is the root stop, i.e. has no parents
96       */
97      public boolean isRoot(Stop stop);
98      
99      /**
100      * @param a one stop
101      * @param b another stop
102      * @return whether stops are equivalent
103      */
104     public boolean equals(Stop a, Stop b);
105 
106     /**
107      * Configures the single request node definition/prototype used for all node instances
108      * @param hiearchyNodeInstance the hierarchy node instance
109      * @param node the request node definition/prototype
110      */
111     public void configureRequestNode(RouteNodeInstance hiearchyNodeInstance, RouteNode node);
112 }