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16  package org.kuali.rice.krad.document;
17  
18  import java.util.List;
19  
20  import org.kuali.rice.kew.api.action.ActionType;
21  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.ActionTakenEvent;
22  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteLevelChange;
23  import org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.postprocessor.DocumentRouteStatusChange;
24  import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.identity.Person;
25  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRoutePerson;
26  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.AdHocRouteWorkgroup;
27  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.DocumentHeader;
28  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.Note;
29  import org.kuali.rice.krad.bo.PersistableBusinessObject;
30  import org.kuali.rice.krad.document.authorization.PessimisticLock;
31  import org.kuali.rice.krad.rules.rule.event.KualiDocumentEvent;
32  import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.NoteType;
33  import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.documentserializer.PropertySerializabilityEvaluator;
34  
35  
36  /**
37   * This is the Document interface. All entities that are regarded as "eDocs" in the system, including Maintenance documents and
38   * Transaction Processing documents should implement this interface as it defines methods that are necessary to interact with the
39   * underlying frameworks and components (i.e. notes, attachments, workflow, etc).
40   *
41   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
42   */
43  public interface Document extends PersistableBusinessObject {
44  
45      /**
46       * This retrieves the standard {@code DocumentHeader} object, which contains standard meta-data about a document.
47       *
48       * @return document header since all docs will have a document header
49       */
50      DocumentHeader getDocumentHeader();
51  
52      /**
53       * Sets the associated {@code DocumentHeader} for this document.
54       *
55       * @param documentHeader
56       */
57      void setDocumentHeader(DocumentHeader documentHeader);
58  
59      /**
60       * All documents have a document header id. This is the quick accessor to that unique identifier and should return the same
61       * value as documentHeader.getDocumentHeaderId().
62       *
63       * @return doc header id
64       */
65      String getDocumentNumber();
66  
67      /**
68       * setter for document header id
69       *
70       * @param documentHeaderId
71       */
72      void setDocumentNumber(String documentHeaderId);
73  
74      /**
75  
76       * This is the method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually populate the workflow defined data structure(s) so that
77       * workflow can routed based on this data. This method is responsible for passing over the proper Kuali (client system) data
78       * that will be used by workflow to determine how the document is actually routed.
79       */
80      void populateDocumentForRouting();
81  
82      /**
83       * 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
84       * attributes on.
85       *
86       * @return the document serialized to an xml string
87       */
88      String serializeDocumentToXml();
89  
90      /**
91       * 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
92       * methods prepareForSave() and populateDocumentForRouting().
93       * 
94       * @return XML data for routing
95       */
96      String getXmlForRouteReport();
97  
98      /**
99       * method to integrate with workflow, where we will actually handle the transitions of levels for documents
100      * 
101      * @param levelChangeEvent route level change event
102      */
103     void doRouteLevelChange(DocumentRouteLevelChange levelChangeEvent);
104 
105     /**
106      * method to integrate with workflow where we will be able to perform logic for an action taken being performed on a document
107      * 
108      * @param event action taken event
109      */
110     void doActionTaken(ActionTakenEvent event);
111 
112     /**
113      * method to integrate with workflow where we will be able to perform logic after an action taken being performed on a document
114      * 
115      * @param performed action type performed
116      * @param event action taken event
117      * @since 2.1
118      */
119     public void afterActionTaken(ActionType performed, ActionTakenEvent event);
120 
121     /**
122      * This method will be called after the Workflow engine has completely finished processing a document.
123      *
124      * @param successfullyProcessed - true if the document was processed successfully, false otherwise
125      */
126     void afterWorkflowEngineProcess(boolean successfullyProcessed);
127 
128     /**
129      * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document.
130      */
131     void beforeWorkflowEngineProcess();
132 
133     /**
134      * This method will be called before the Workflow engine has begun processing a document.
135      * @return additional document IDs to lock prior to processing 
136      */
137     List<String> getWorkflowEngineDocumentIdsToLock();
138 
139     /**
140      * Getter method to get the document title as it will appear in and be searchable in workflow.
141      * 
142      * @return document title
143      */
144     String getDocumentTitle();
145 
146     /**
147      * 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
148      * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a
149      * document
150      * 
151      * @return list of ad hoc route persons
152      */
153     List<AdHocRoutePerson> getAdHocRoutePersons();
154 
155     /**
156      * getter method to get the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only
157      * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action
158      * on a document
159      * 
160      * @return list of ad hoc route workgroups
161      */
162     List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> getAdHocRouteWorkgroups();
163 
164     /**
165      * 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
166      * for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action on a
167      * document
168      *
169      * @param adHocRoutePersons
170      */
171     void setAdHocRoutePersons(List<AdHocRoutePerson> adHocRoutePersons);
172 
173     /**
174      * setter method to set the list of ad hoc route workgroups associated with a document at a point in time, this list is only
175      * valid for a given users version of a document as this state is only persisted in workflow itself when someone takes an action
176      * on a document
177      *
178      * @param adHocRouteWorkgroups
179      */
180     void setAdHocRouteWorkgroups(List<AdHocRouteWorkgroup> adHocRouteWorkgroups);
181 
182     /**
183      * This method provides a hook that will be called before the document is saved. This method is useful for applying document
184      * level data to children. For example, if someone changes data at the document level, and that data needs to be propagated to
185      * child objects or child lists of objects, you can use this method to update the child object or iterate through the list of
186      * child objects and apply the document level data to them. Any document that follows this paradigm will need to make use of
187      * this method to apply all of those changes.
188      */
189     void prepareForSave();
190 
191     /**
192      * Sends document off to the rules engine to verify business rules.
193      *
194      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
195      * @throws org.kuali.rice.krad.exception.ValidationException - containing the MessageMap from the validation session.
196      */
197     void validateBusinessRules(KualiDocumentEvent event);
198 
199     /**
200      * Do any work on the document that requires the KualiDocumentEvent before the save.
201      *
202      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
203      */
204     void prepareForSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
205 
206     /**
207      * Do any work on the document after the save.
208      *
209      * @param event - indicates which document event was requested
210      */
211     void postProcessSave(KualiDocumentEvent event);
212 
213     /**
214      * This method provides a hook that will be called after a document is retrieved, but before it is returned from the
215      * DocumentService.
216      */
217     void processAfterRetrieve();
218 
219     /**
220      * This method returns whether or not this document can be copied.
221      *
222      * @return True if it can be copied, false if not.
223      */
224     boolean getAllowsCopy();
225 
226     /**
227      * Generate any necessary events required during the save event generation
228      *
229      * @return a list of document events that were triggered by the save event
230      */
231     List<KualiDocumentEvent> generateSaveEvents();
232 
233    /**
234      * Handle the doRouteStatusChange event from the post processor
235      * @param statusChangeEvent status change event
236      */
237    void doRouteStatusChange(DocumentRouteStatusChange statusChangeEvent);
238 
239     /**
240      * Returns the note type which should be used for notes associated with this document.
241      * This method should never return null.
242      *
243      * @return the note type supported by this document, this value should never be null
244      */
245     NoteType getNoteType();
246 
247     /**
248      * Return the target PersistableBusinessObject that notes associated with this document should be attached to.
249      * In general, this method should never return null.  However, it is permissible that it will return a
250      * business object which has not been persisted yet (and therefore does not have it's unique object id
251      * established).  This is only valid in cases where the note type is {@link NoteType#BUSINESS_OBJECT}.
252      *
253      * In these cases it's the responsibility for implementers of the Document interface to handle storing transient
254      * copies of the document notes (in XML or otherwise) until the underlying note target has been persisted and can be attached
255      * to the document's notes via it's object id.
256      *
257      * @return the PersistableBusinessObject with which notes on this document should be associated
258      */
259     PersistableBusinessObject getNoteTarget();
260 
261     /**
262      * Adds the given Note to the document's list of Notes.
263      *
264      * @param note the Note to add, must be non-null
265      */
266     void addNote(Note note);
267 
268     /**
269      * Returns a mutable list of all notes on the document.
270      *
271      * @return the list of notes associated with this document, if this document has no notes then an empty list will be returned
272      */
273     List<Note> getNotes();
274 
275     /**
276 	 * Sets the document's list of notes to the given list.
277 	 *
278 	 * @param notes the list of notes to set on the document, must be non-null
279 	 */
280     void setNotes(List<Note> notes);
281 
282     /**
283      * Retrieves the note at the given index.
284      *
285      * @param index the zero-based index of the note to retrieve
286      * @return the note located at the given index
287      * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
288      */
289     Note getNote(int index);
290 
291     /**
292      * Removes the given note from the document's list of notes.
293      *
294      * @param note the note to remove from the document's list of notes, must be non-null
295      * @return true if the note was successfully removed, false if the list did not contain the given note
296      */
297     boolean removeNote(Note note);
298 
299     /**
300      * This method gets a list of the {@link PessimisticLock} objects associated with this document
301      *
302      * @return list of pessimistic locks
303      */
304     List<PessimisticLock> getPessimisticLocks();
305 
306     /**
307      * This method updates the list of {@link PessimisticLock} objects on the document if changes could
308      * have been made
309      */
310     void refreshPessimisticLocks();
311 
312     /**
313      * This method adds a new {@link PessimisticLock} to the document
314      *
315      * NOTE: LOCKS ADDED VIA THIS METHOD WILL NOT BE SAVED WITH THE DOCUMENT
316      *
317      * @param lock - the lock to add to the document
318      */
319     void addPessimisticLock(PessimisticLock lock);
320 
321     /**
322      * Renamed:
323      * @see Document#getLockClearingMethodNames()
324      * @return the list of method names of an action that should clear locks for the current user
325      */
326     @Deprecated
327     List<String> getLockClearningMethodNames();
328 
329     /**
330      * This is a method that is used by Kuali Pessimistic Locking to get the names (method to call values)
331      * of the KNS KualiDocumentActionBase methods that should release locks
332      *
333      * @return the list of method names of an action that should clear locks for the current user
334      */
335     List<String> getLockClearingMethodNames();
336     
337     /**
338      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
339      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
340      *
341      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
342      *
343      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.DocumentSerializerService
344      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
345      */
346 
347     String getBasePathToDocumentDuringSerialization();
348 
349     /**
350      * Returns an evaluator object that determines whether a given property relative to the root object ({@link #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()}
351      * is serializable during the document serialization process.
352      *
353      * @return a fully initialized evaluator object, ready to be used for workflow routing
354      *
355      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.DocumentSerializerService
356      * @see #wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization()
357      */
358     PropertySerializabilityEvaluator getDocumentPropertySerizabilityEvaluator();
359 
360     /**
361      * 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
362      * wrapper may also contain references to additional objects that provide metadata useful to the workflow engine.
363      *
364      * If no wrappers are necessary, then this object may return "this"
365      *
366      * @return a wrapper object (most likely containing a reference to "this"), or "this" itself.
367      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.workflow.KualiDocumentXmlMaterializer
368      */
369     Object wrapDocumentWithMetadataForXmlSerialization();
370 
371     /**
372      * This method returns whether or not this document supports custom lock descriptors for pessimistic locking.
373      *
374      * @return True if the document can generate custom lock descriptors, false otherwise.
375      * @see #getCustomLockDescriptor(Person)
376      */
377     boolean useCustomLockDescriptors();
378 
379     /**
380      * Generates a custom lock descriptor for pessimistic locking. This method should not be called unless {@link #useCustomLockDescriptors()} returns true.
381      *
382      * @param user The user trying to establish the lock.
383      * @return A String representing the lock descriptor.
384      * @see #useCustomLockDescriptors()
385      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.service.PessimisticLockService
386      */
387     String getCustomLockDescriptor(Person user);
388 }