org.kuali.rice.kew.rule
Interface RuleSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

HierarchicalNamedRuleSelector, NamedRuleSelector

public interface RuleSelector

RuleSelector is responsible for selecting the rules to be evaluated for a given rule-based requests node.

Author:

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

Method Summary

List<Rule>

selectRules(RouteContext context, DocumentRouteHeaderValue routeHeader, RouteNodeInstance nodeInstance, String selectionCriterion, Timestamp effectiveDate) Returns a list of rules selected given the criteria specified in the arguments.

Method Detail

selectRules

List<Rule> selectRules(RouteContext context,
                       DocumentRouteHeaderValue routeHeader,
                       RouteNodeInstance nodeInstance,
                       String selectionCriterion,
                       Timestamp effectiveDate)

Returns a list of rules selected given the criteria specified in the arguments.

Parameters:

context - the RouteContext

routeHeader - the DocumentRouteHeaderValue of the current document

nodeInstance - the current RouteNodeInstance being executed

selectionCriterion - an implementation-specific criterion passed in from the calling context

effectiveDate - an optional criterion that indicates that the rules selected should be active on the given date

Returns:

a list of applicable rules, if any (null or empty list otherwise)

Throws:

WorkflowException - if anything goes awry...