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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.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.krad.maintenance;
17  
18  import org.kuali.rice.krad.document.Document;
19  
20  /**
21   * Common interface for all maintenance documents.
22   */
23  public interface MaintenanceDocument extends Document {
24  
25      /**
26       * Get the XML representation of the maintenance document
27       *
28       * @return String containing the xml representation of the maintenance document
29       */
30      String getXmlDocumentContents();
31  
32      /**
33       * Get the new maintainable object
34       *
35       * @return Maintainable which holds the new maintenance record
36       */
37      Maintainable getNewMaintainableObject();
38  
39      /**
40       * Get the old maintainable object
41       *
42       * @return Maintainable which holds the old maintenance record
43       */
44      Maintainable getOldMaintainableObject();
45  
46      /**
47       * Sets the xml contents of the maintenance document
48       *
49       * @param documentContents String xml
50       */
51      void setXmlDocumentContents(String documentContents);
52  
53      /**
54       * Set the new maintainable object
55       *
56       * @param newMaintainableObject maintainable with the new maintenance record
57       */
58      void setNewMaintainableObject(Maintainable newMaintainableObject);
59  
60      /**
61       * Set the old maintainable object
62       *
63       * @param oldMaintainableObject maintainable with the old maintenance record
64       */
65      void setOldMaintainableObject(Maintainable oldMaintainableObject);
66  
67      /**
68       * Return the data object that this MaintenanceDocument is maintaining
69       *
70       * @return document data object instance
71       */
72      Object getDocumentDataObject();
73  
74      /**
75       * Build the xml document string from the contents of the old and new maintainables.
76       */
77      void populateXmlDocumentContentsFromMaintainables();
78  
79      /**
80       * Populates the old and new maintainables from the xml document contents string.
81       */
82      void populateMaintainablesFromXmlDocumentContents();
83  
84      /**
85       * Check if maintenance document has old maintenance data
86  
87       * @return true if this maintenance document has old data, false otherwise
88       */
89      boolean isOldDataObjectInDocument();
90  
91      /**
92       * Check if maintenance document is creating a new Business Object
93       *
94       * @return true if this maintenance document is creating a new Business Object, false otherwise
95       */
96      boolean isNew();
97  
98      /**
99       * Check if maintenance document is editing an existing Business Object
100      *
101      * @return true if this maintenance document is editing an existing Business Object, false otherwise
102      */
103     boolean isEdit();
104 
105     /**
106      * Check if maintenance document is creating a new Business Object out of an existing Business Object
107      *
108      * <p>
109      * For example, a new division vendor out of an existing parent vendor.
110      * </p>
111      *
112      * @return true if maintenance document is creating a new Business Object out of an existing Business object, false otherwise
113      */
114     boolean isNewWithExisting();
115 
116     /**
117      * Check if fields are cleared on copy
118      *
119      * <p>
120      * For copy action the primary keys need to be cleared.  This flag indicates if the clearing has occurred.
121      * </p>
122      *
123      * @return true if the primary keys have been cleared already, false otherwise
124      */
125     boolean isFieldsClearedOnCopy();
126 
127     /**
128      * Set the keys cleared on copy flag
129      *
130      * @param keysClearedOnCopy
131      *
132      */
133     void setFieldsClearedOnCopy(boolean keysClearedOnCopy);
134 
135     /**
136      * Check if the topic field should be displayed in the notes section
137      *
138      * @return true if the topic field should be displayed in the notes section, false otherwise
139      */
140     boolean isDisplayTopicFieldInNotes();
141 
142     /**
143      * Set the display topic field in notes flag
144      *
145      * @parm displayTopicFieldInNotes
146      */
147     void setDisplayTopicFieldInNotes(boolean displayTopicFieldInNotes);
148 
149 }