001    /*
002     * Copyright 2005-2007 The Kuali Foundation
003     * 
004     * 
005     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     * 
009     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
010     * 
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     * limitations under the License.
016     */
017    package org.kuali.rice.kew.notification.service;
018    
019    import java.util.List;
020    
021    import org.kuali.rice.kew.actionitem.ActionItem;
022    
023    
024    /**
025     * A service which sends notifications regarding the generation of ActionItems.
026     * 
027     * @see ActionItem
028     *
029     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
030     */
031    public interface NotificationService {
032    
033            /**
034             * Send out notifications in regards to the given ActionItems being generated.
035             */
036            public void notify(List<ActionItem> actionItems);
037            
038            /**
039             * Remove notifications for action items that are being deleted
040             * @param actionItems actionItems that are being deleted
041             */
042            public void removeNotification(List<ActionItem> actionItems);
043    }