001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2014 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
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009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.ken.service;
017    
018    /**
019     * Responsible for automatic removal of expired message deliveries
020     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
021     */
022    public interface NotificationMessageDeliveryAutoRemovalService {
023        /**
024         * This service method is responsible for retrieving all delivered notifications that have autoRemoveDateTimes 
025         * that are not null and are less than or equal to the current time, and "completing" them so that they do not 
026         * show up in the users list anymore. 
027         * @see org.kuali.rice.ken.service.NotificationMessageDeliveryDispatchService#processAutoRemovalOfDeliveredNotificationMessageDeliveries()
028         */
029        public ProcessingResult processAutoRemovalOfDeliveredNotificationMessageDeliveries();
030    }