org.kuali.rice.krad.service
Interface NoteService

All Known Implementing Classes:

NoteServiceImpl

public interface NoteService

This service provides various operations related to Note objects.

Author:

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

Method Summary

Note	createNote(Note noteToCopy, PersistableBusinessObject bo, String authorPrincipalId) Creates a new note which is a copy of the given note and is associated with the specified PersistableBusinessObject and Person.
void	deleteNote(Note note) Deletes the specified note.
List<Note>	getByRemoteObjectId(String remoteObjectId) Retrieves a list of notes that are associated with the given object id.
Note	getNoteByNoteId(Long noteId) Retrieves the note with the given id.
Note	save(Note note) Saves the specified note.
void	saveNoteList(List<Note> notes) Saves the given lists of notes.

Method Detail

getByRemoteObjectId

List<Note> getByRemoteObjectId(String remoteObjectId)

Retrieves a list of notes that are associated with the given object id. This object id will generally be the object id of the PersistableBusinessObject that the note was attached to when it was created.

Parameters:

remoteObjectId - the object id that the notes being searched for are associated with

Returns:

the list of notes which are associated with the given object id. If no such notes are found, an empty list will be returned.

getNoteByNoteId

Note getNoteByNoteId(Long noteId)

Retrieves the note with the given id.

Parameters:

noteId - the note id to search by

Returns:

the note with the given note id, or null if no note is found

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified id is null

saveNoteList

void saveNoteList(List<Note> notes)

Saves the given lists of notes. If the given list is null or empty, this method will do nothing.

Parameters:

notes - the list of notes to save

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if any of the notes in the list have an invalid remoteObjectId

save

Note save(Note note)

Saves the specified note. This method returns a reference to the note that was saved. Callers of this method should reassign their reference to the note passed in with the one that is returned.

Parameters:

note - the note to save

Returns:

the saved note

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified note is null

IllegalStateException - if the given note's remoteObjectId is not valid

deleteNote

void deleteNote(Note note)

Deletes the specified note.

Parameters:

note - the note to delete

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given note is null

createNote

Note createNote(Note noteToCopy,
                PersistableBusinessObject bo,
                String authorPrincipalId)

Creates a new note which is a copy of the given note and is associated with the specified PersistableBusinessObject and Person.

Parameters:

noteToCopy - the note to copy

bo - the business object to associate the Note with

Returns:

a copy of the given note which