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/service/cmr/audit/AuditService.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.service.cmr.audit;
+
+import org.alfresco.service.NotAuditable;
+import org.alfresco.service.PublicService;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+
+/**
+ * The public API by which applications can create audit entries.
+ * This does not affect auditing using method interceptors.
+ * The information recorded can not be confused between the two.
+ * 
+ * This API could be used by an audit action.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Hind
+ */
+@PublicService
+public interface AuditService
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Add an application audit entry.
+     * 
+     * @param source -
+     *            a string that represents the application
+     * @param description -
+     *            the audit entry
+     */
+    @NotAuditable
+    public void audit(String source, String description);
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @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
+     */
+    @NotAuditable
+    public void audit(String source, String description, NodeRef key);
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param source -
+     *            a string that represents the application
+     * @param description -
+     *            the audit entry
+     * @param args -
+     *            an arbitrary list of parameters
+     */
+    @NotAuditable
+    public void audit(String source, String description, Object... args);
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @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
+     */
+    @NotAuditable
+    public void audit(String source, String description, NodeRef key, Object... args);
+
+}