Merge from HEAD to WCM-DEV2.

git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/BRANCHES/WCM-DEV2/root@3659 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261

source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
+ * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
+ * copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
+ * either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+ * language governing permissions and limitations under the
+ * License.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.audit;
+
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+
+/**
+ * The audit component.
+ * 
+ * Used by the AuditService and AuditMethodInterceptor to insert audit entries.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Hind
+ */
+public interface AuditComponent
+{
+    /**
+     * Audit entry point for method interceptors.
+     * 
+     * @param methodInvocation
+     */
+    public Object audit(MethodInvocation methodInvocation) throws Throwable;
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param source -
+     *            a string that represents the application
+     * @param description -
+     *            the audit entry *
+     * @param key -
+     *            a node ref to use as the key for filtering etc
+     * @param args -
+     *            an arbitrary list of parameters
+     */
+    public void audit(String source, String description, NodeRef key, Object... args);
+
+
+}