1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2014 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 *
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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,
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.service;
17
18 import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.Note;
19 import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.PersistableBusinessObject;
20
21 import java.util.List;
22
23 /**
24 * This service provides various operations related to {@link Note} objects.
25 *
26 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
27 */
28 public interface NoteService {
29
30 /**
31 * Retrieves a list of notes that are associated with the given object id.
32 * This object id will generally be the object id of the {@link org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.PersistableBusinessObject}
33 * that the note was attached to when it was created.
34 *
35 * @param remoteObjectId the object id that the notes being searched for are associated with
36 * @return the list of notes which are associated with the given object id. If no such notes are found, an empty list will be returned.
37 */
38 public List<Note> getByRemoteObjectId(String remoteObjectId);
39
40 /**
41 * Retrieves the note with the given id.
42 *
43 * @param noteId the note id to search by
44 * @return the note with the given note id, or null if no note is found
45 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified id is null
46 */
47 public Note getNoteByNoteId(Long noteId);
48
49 /**
50 * Saves the given lists of notes. If the given list is null or empty,
51 * this method will do nothing.
52 *
53 * @param notes the list of notes to save
54 * @throws IllegalStateException if any of the notes in the list have an invalid remoteObjectId
55 */
56 public void saveNoteList(List<Note> notes);
57
58 /**
59 * Saves the specified note. This method returns a reference to the note that was
60 * saved. Callers of this method should reassign their reference to the note
61 * passed in with the one that is returned.
62 *
63 * @param note the note to save
64 * @return the saved note
65 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified note is null
66 * @throws IllegalStateException if the given note's remoteObjectId is not valid
67 */
68 public Note save(Note note);
69
70 /**
71 * Deletes the specified note.
72 *
73 * @param note the note to delete
74 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given note is null
75 */
76 public void deleteNote(Note note);
77
78 /**
79 * Creates a new note which is a copy of the given note and is associated with
80 * the specified PersistableBusinessObject and Person.
81 *
82 * @param noteToCopy the note to copy
83 * @param bo the business object to associate the Note with
84 * @return a copy of the given note which
85 */
86 public Note createNote(Note noteToCopy, PersistableBusinessObject bo, String authorPrincipalId);
87
88 }