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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2015 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
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13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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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  }