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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2016 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    *
8    * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
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,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.kns.bo;
17  
18  import java.util.List;
19  
20  
21  /**
22   * 
23   * This is a marker interface used to determine whether we are dealing with a GlobalBusinessObject or something else
24   * 
25   * If implementations of this class implement {@link PersistableBusinessObject} as well, then it is strongly recommended that
26   * classes override {@link PersistableBusinessObject#buildListOfDeletionAwareLists()} as well.  If this is not done correctly, then
27   * deleted collection elements will not be persisted, and upon reload from the DB, the deleted items will appear in the collection.
28   *
29   * @deprecated use BulkUpdate instead
30   */
31  @Deprecated
32  public interface GlobalBusinessObject {
33  
34      /**
35       * Gets the documentNumber attribute.
36       * 
37       * @return Returns the documentNumber
38       * 
39       */
40      public String getDocumentNumber();
41  
42      /**
43       * Sets the documentNumber attribute.
44       * 
45       * @param documentNumber The documentNumber to set.
46       * 
47       */
48      public void setDocumentNumber(String documentNumber);
49  
50      /**
51       * 
52       * This method applies the global changed fields to the list of BOs contained within, and returns the list, with all the
53       * relevant values updated.
54       * 
55       * @return Returns a List of BusinessObjects that are ready for persisting, with any relevant values changed
56       * 
57       */
58      public List generateGlobalChangesToPersist();
59  
60      /**
61       * 
62       * This method generates a list of BusinessObjects that need to be deleted as part of the final processing for a global
63       * maintenance document. These records should be deleted before the records from getGlobalChangesToPersist() are persisted.
64       * 
65       * @return A List of BusinessObjects that should be deleted as part of this global maint doc's final processing.
66       * 
67       */
68      public List generateDeactivationsToPersist();
69  
70      /**
71       * 
72       * This method examines the underlying document and determines whether it can be persisted as part of the enclosing
73       * MaintenanceDocument. If it returns false, then the Maintenance Document it is part of should not be saved, as a SQL Exception
74       * is likely to result.
75       * 
76       * @return True if the document can be safely persisted, False if not.
77       * 
78       */
79      public boolean isPersistable();
80  
81      /**
82       * Returns a list of all global detail objects on this document.  This method needs to return all detail
83       * objects, even if they are of different types.
84       * 
85       * @return
86       */
87      public List<? extends GlobalBusinessObjectDetail> getAllDetailObjects();
88  }