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16  package org.kuali.rice.krad.document;
17  
18  import org.kuali.rice.kew.api.action.ActionType;
19  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.ActionTakenEvent;
20  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteLevelChange;
21  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteStatusChange;
22  import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.identity.Person;
23  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRoutePerson;
24  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRouteWorkgroup;
25  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.DocumentHeader;
26  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.Note;
27  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.PersistableBusinessObject;
28  import org.kuali.rice.krad.document.authorization.PessimisticLock;
29  import org.kuali.rice.krad.exception.ValidationException;
30  import org.kuali.rice.krad.rules.rule.event.KualiDocumentEvent;
31  import org.kuali.rice.krad.service.DocumentSerializerService;
32  import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.NoteType;
33  import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.documentserializer.PropertySerializabilityEvaluator;
34  import org.kuali.rice.krad.workflow.KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer;
35  
36  import java.util.List;
37  import java.util.Map;
38  
39  
40  /**
41   * This is the Document interface. All entities that are regarded as "eDocs" in the system, including Maintenance documents and
42   * Transaction Processing documents should implement this interface as it defines methods that are necessary to interact with the
43   * underlying frameworks and components (i.e. notes, attachments, workflow, etc).
44   *
45   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
46   */
47  public interface Document extends PersistableBusinessObject {
48  	
49      /**
50       * This retrieves the standard <code>DocumentHeader</code> object, which contains standard meta-data about a document.
51       * 
52       * @return document header since all docs will have a document header
53       */
54      public DocumentHeader getDocumentHeader();
55  
56      /**
57       * Sets the associated <code>DocumentHeader</code> for this document.
58       * 
59       * @param documentHeader
60       */
61      public void setDocumentHeader(DocumentHeader documentHeader);
62  
63      /**
64       * All documents have a document header id. This is the quick accessor to that unique identifier and should return the same
65       * value as documentHeader.getDocumentHeaderId().
66       * 
67       * @return doc header id
68       */
69      public String getDocumentNumber();
70  
71      /**
72       * setter for document header id
73       * 
74       * @param documentHeaderId
75       */
76      public void setDocumentNumber(String documentHeaderId);
77  
78      /**
79       * This is the method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually populate the workflow defined data structure(s) so that
80       * workflow can routed based on this data. This method is responsible for passing over the proper Kuali (client system) data
81       * that will be used by workflow to determine how the document is actually routed.
82       */
83      public void populateDocumentForRouting();
84  
85      /**
86       * 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
87       * attributes on.
88       * 
89       * @return the document serialized to an xml string
90       */
91      public String serializeDocumentToXml();
92      
93      /**
94       * 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
95       * methods prepareForSave() and populateDocumentForRouting().
96       */
97      public String getXmlForRouteReport();
98      
99      /**
100      * method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually handle the transitions of levels for documents
101      */
102     public void doRouteLevelChange(DocumentRouteLevelChange levelChangeEvent);
103     
104     /**
105      * method to integrate with workflow where we will be able to perform logic for an action taken being performed on a document
106      */
107     public void doActionTaken(ActionTakenEvent event);
108 
109     /**
110      * method to integrate with workflow where we will be able to perform logic after an action taken being performed on a document
111      * @since 2.1
112      */
113     public void afterActionTaken(ActionType performed, ActionTakenEvent event);
114     
115     /**
116      * This method will be called after the Workflow engine has completely finished processing a document.
117      * 
118      * @param successfullyProcessed - true if the document was processed successfully, false otherwise
119      */
120     public void afterWorkflowEngineProcess(boolean successfullyProcessed);
121     
122     /**
123      * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document.
124      */
125     public void beforeWorkflowEngineProcess();
126     
127     /**
128      * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document.
129      */
130     public List<String> getWorkflowEngineDocumentIdsToLock();
131 
132     /**
133      * Getter method to get the document title as it will appear in and be searchable in workflow.
134      */
135     public String getDocumentTitle();
136 
137     /**
138      * 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
139      * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a
140      * document
141      */
142     public List<AdHocRoutePerson> getAdHocRoutePersons();
143 
144     /**
145      * getter method to get the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only
146      * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action
147      * on a document
148      */
149     public List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> getAdHocRouteWorkgroups();
150 
151     /**
152      * 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
153      * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a
154      * document
155      * 
156      * @param adHocRoutePersons
157      */
158     public void setAdHocRoutePersons(List<AdHocRoutePerson> adHocRoutePersons);
159 
160     /**
161      * setter method to set the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only
162      * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action
163      * on a document
164      * 
165      * @param adHocRouteWorkgroups
166      */
167     public void setAdHocRouteWorkgroups(List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> adHocRouteWorkgroups);
168 
169     /**
170      * This method provides a hook that will be called before the document is saved. This method is useful for applying document
171      * level data to children. For example, if someone changes data at the document level, and that data needs to be propagated to
172      * child objects or child lists of objects, you can use this method to update the child object or iterate through the list of
173      * child objects and apply the document level data to them. Any document that follows this paradigm will need to make use of
174      * this method to apply all of those changes.
175      */
176     public void prepareForSave();
177 
178     /**
179      * Sends document off to the rules engine to verify business rules.
180      * 
181      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
182      * @throws ValidationException - containing the MessageMap from the validation session.
183      */
184     public void validateBusinessRules(KualiDocumentEvent event);
185     
186     /**
187      * Do any work on the document that requires the KualiDocumentEvent before the save.
188      * 
189      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
190      */
191     public void prepareForSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
192     
193     /**
194      * Do any work on the document after the save.
195      * 
196      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
197      */
198     public void postProcessSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
199     
200     /**
201      * This method provides a hook that will be called after a document is retrieved, but before it is returned from the
202      * DocumentService.
203      */
204     public void processAfterRetrieve();
205 
206     /**
207      * This method returns whether or not this document can be copied.
208      * 
209      * @return True if it can be copied, false if not.
210      */
211     public boolean getAllowsCopy();
212     
213     /**
214      * Generate any necessary events required during the save event generation
215      * 
216      * @return a list of document events that were triggered by the save event
217      */
218     public List<KualiDocumentEvent> generateSaveEvents();
219     
220    /**
221      * Handle the doRouteStatusChange event from the post processor
222      * 
223      */
224     public void doRouteStatusChange(DocumentRouteStatusChange statusChangeEvent);
225     
226     /**
227      * Returns the note type which should be used for notes associated with this document.
228      * This method should never return null.
229      * 
230      * @return the note type supported by this document, this value should never be null
231      */
232     public NoteType getNoteType();
233     
234     /**
235      * Return the target PersistableBusinessObject that notes associated with this document should be attached to.
236      * In general, this method should never return null.  However, it is permissible that it will return a 
237      * business object which has not been persisted yet (and therefore does not have it's unique object id
238      * established).  This is only valid in cases where the note type is {@link NoteType#BUSINESS_OBJECT}.
239      * 
240      * In these cases it's the responsibility for implementers of the Document interface to handle storing transient
241      * copies of the document notes (in XML or otherwise) until the underlying note target has been persisted and can be attached
242      * to the document's notes via it's object id.
243      * 
244      * @return the PersistableBusinessObject with which notes on this document should be associated
245      */
246     public PersistableBusinessObject getNoteTarget();
247     
248     /**
249      * Adds the given Note to the document's list of Notes.
250      * 
251      * @param note the Note to add, must be non-null
252      */
253     public void addNote(Note note);
254     
255     /**
256      * Returns a mutable list of all notes on the document.
257      * 
258      * @return the list of notes associated with this document, if this document has no notes then an empty list will be returned
259      */
260     public List<Note> getNotes();
261     
262     /**
263 	 * Sets the document's list of notes to the given list.
264 	 * 
265 	 * @param notes the list of notes to set on the document, must be non-null
266 	 */
267 	public void setNotes(List<Note> notes);
268     
269     /**
270      * Retrieves the note at the given index.
271      * 
272      * @param index the zero-based index of the note to retrieve
273      * @return the note located at the given index
274      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
275      */
276     public Note getNote(int index);
277     
278     /**
279      * Removes the given note from the document's list of notes.
280      * 
281      * @param note the note to remove from the document's list of notes, must be non-null
282      * @return true if the note was successfully removed, false if the list did not contain the given note
283      */
284     public boolean removeNote(Note note);
285     
286     /**
287      * This method gets a list of the {@link PessimisticLock} objects associated with this document
288      * 
289      */
290     public List<PessimisticLock> getPessimisticLocks();
291     
292     /**
293      * This method updates the list of {@link PessimisticLock} objects on the document if changes could
294      * have been made
295      */
296     public void refreshPessimisticLocks();
297     
298     /**
299      * This method adds a new {@link PessimisticLock} to the document
300      * 
301      * NOTE: LOCKS ADDED VIA THIS METHOD WILL NOT BE SAVED WITH THE DOCUMENT
302      * 
303      * @param lock - the lock to add to the document
304      */
305     public void addPessimisticLock(PessimisticLock lock);
306     
307     /**
308      * This is a method that is used by Kuali Pessimistic Locking to get the names (method to call values)
309      * of the {@link KualiDocumentActionBase} methods that should release locks
310      * 
311      * @return the list of method names of an action that should clear locks for the current user
312      */
313     public List<String> getLockClearningMethodNames();
314     /**
315      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
316      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
317      * 
318      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
319      * 
320      * @see DocumentSerializerService
321      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
322      */
323     
324     public String getBasePathToDocumentDuringSerialization();
325     
326     /**
327      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
328      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
329      * 
330      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
331      * 
332      * @see DocumentSerializerService
333      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
334      */
335     public PropertySerializabilityEvaluator getDocumentPropertySerizabilityEvaluator();
336     
337     /**
338      * 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
339      * wrapper may also contain references to additional objects that provide metadata useful to the workflow engine.
340      * 
341      * If no wrappers are necessary, then this object may return "this"
342      * 
343      * @return a wrapper object (most likely containing a reference to "this"), or "this" itself.
344      * @see KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer
345      */
346     public Object wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization();
347     
348     /**
349      * This method returns whether or not this document supports custom lock descriptors for pessimistic locking.
350      * 
351      * @return True if the document can generate custom lock descriptors, false otherwise.
352      * @see #getCustomLockDescriptor(Map, Person)
353      */
354     public boolean useCustomLockDescriptors();
355     
356     /**
357      * Generates a custom lock descriptor for pessimistic locking. This method should not be called unless {@link #useCustomLockDescriptors()} returns true.
358      * 
359      * @param user The user trying to establish the lock.
360      * @return A String representing the lock descriptor.
361      * @see #useCustomLockDescriptors()
362      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.PessimisticLockService
363      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.impl.PessimisticLockServiceImpl
364      */
365     public String getCustomLockDescriptor(Person user);
366 }