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1 | /** | |
2 | * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation | |
3 | * | |
4 | * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the | |
5 | * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the | |
6 | * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
7 | * | |
8 | * http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0 | |
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 | |
13 | * implied. See the License for the specific language governing | |
14 | * permissions and limitations under the License. | |
15 | */ | |
16 | package org.kuali.student.r2.core.population.infc; | |
17 | ||
18 | import java.util.List; | |
19 | ||
20 | import org.kuali.student.r2.common.infc.IdEntity; | |
21 | import org.kuali.rice.core.api.criteria.QueryByCriteria; | |
22 | ||
23 | /** | |
24 | * Information about a Population Rule to set up a Population. Each | |
25 | * "rule" defined in this interface adds to the population. | |
26 | * | |
27 | * The Population Rule Type determines the "operator" of how these | |
28 | * elements are combined. | |
29 | * | |
30 | * @author tom | |
31 | * @since Thu Nov 21 14:22:34 EDT 2011 | |
32 | */ | |
33 | public interface PopulationRule | |
34 | extends IdEntity { | |
35 | ||
36 | /** | |
37 | * The search criteria to be used in building this | |
38 | * population. | |
39 | * | |
40 | * *** NOT IMPLEMENTED ***** | |
41 | * TODO: Figure out how this can be persisted | |
42 | * | |
43 | * @name Search Criteria | |
44 | * @required when the rule type indicates the population is based on a search criteria | |
45 | */ | |
46 | public QueryByCriteria getSearchCriteria(); | |
47 | ||
48 | /** | |
49 | * Agenda Ids to be used in building this population. | |
50 | * | |
51 | * @name Agenda Ids | |
52 | * @required when the rule type indicates this is based on a KRMS rule | |
53 | */ | |
54 | public List<String> getAgendaIds(); | |
55 | ||
56 | /** | |
57 | * A list of Group Ids to be used in building this population. | |
58 | * | |
59 | * @name Group Ids | |
60 | * @required when the rule type indicates this is based on a group | |
61 | */ | |
62 | public List<String> getGroupIds(); | |
63 | ||
64 | /** | |
65 | * A list of Person Ids to be used in building this population. | |
66 | * | |
67 | * Note: this does not hold the list of members unless people can be manually | |
68 | * added or removed from the population. | |
69 | * | |
70 | * @name Person Ids | |
71 | * @required when rule type indicates students can be explicitly added/removed | |
72 | * from the population. | |
73 | */ | |
74 | public List<String> getPersonIds(); | |
75 | ||
76 | /** | |
77 | * A list of Population Ids to be used in building this | |
78 | * population. | |
79 | * | |
80 | * The operation is determined by the PopuationRule | |
81 | * Type. | |
82 | * | |
83 | * @name Child Population Ids | |
84 | * @required if the rule type indicates this population is created as a union or intersection or minus | |
85 | * other existing populations. | |
86 | */ | |
87 | public List<String> getChildPopulationIds(); | |
88 | ||
89 | /** | |
90 | * The Population Id to be used as the reference population from which | |
91 | * the child populations are removed in the minus operation. | |
92 | * | |
93 | * This is used only in the minus operation to help calculate "all others | |
94 | * not caught but the any of the above" use case. | |
95 | * | |
96 | * @name Reference Population Id | |
97 | * @required if the rule type is a Minus type | |
98 | */ | |
99 | public String getReferencePopulationId(); | |
100 | ||
101 | /** | |
102 | * Gets the valid sort order keys that can be used to sort the | |
103 | * members of the Population. | |
104 | * | |
105 | * The valid sort order keys correspond | |
106 | * to the underlying rule sorting capabilities. | |
107 | * | |
108 | * This may return an empty list indicating the population does not support | |
109 | * any particular ordering. | |
110 | * | |
111 | * @name Sort Order Type Keys | |
112 | */ | |
113 | public List<String> getSortOrderTypeKeys(); | |
114 | ||
115 | /** | |
116 | * Tests to see if the Population may vary by time. | |
117 | * | |
118 | * If true then the response to isMemberAtXXXX getMembersAtXXXX methods should | |
119 | * be used to assess membership because it is highly likely the population | |
120 | * would return a different result depending on the time parameter that is supplied. | |
121 | * | |
122 | * An example of populations that vary by time include freshman, sophomore, | |
123 | * junior, senior, etc... because the answer varies greatly depending on the | |
124 | * term in question. | |
125 | * | |
126 | * Some examples of populations that are not expected to vary with time are | |
127 | * males or students with IDs ending in an odd number or US citizens. | |
128 | * | |
129 | * Note: Saying that a population does not vary with time does not mean that | |
130 | * the population does not change over time. Rather it means that | |
131 | * calls isMember and isMemberAtXXX methods or getMembers and getMembersAtXXX | |
132 | * should normally return the same answer if invoked simultaneously. | |
133 | * | |
134 | * @name Varies By Time | |
135 | */ | |
136 | public Boolean getVariesByTime(); | |
137 | ||
138 | /** | |
139 | * Tests to see if this Population supports the getting of an explicit list | |
140 | * of the members in this population. | |
141 | * | |
142 | * Not all populations need to support this method and only support | |
143 | * the isMember method which tests. | |
144 | * | |
145 | * If false then calls to the getMembersXXX family for this population | |
146 | * should throw an OperationFailedException exception. | |
147 | * | |
148 | * @name Supports Get Members | |
149 | */ | |
150 | public Boolean getSupportsGetMembers(); | |
151 | } |