Derek Hulley 02dc9ced9b Patch checkpoint.
Service descriptor changes including introduction of schema number.

git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/HEAD/root@2161 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261
2006-01-20 14:45:16 +00:00

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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
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*
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*
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package org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch;
/**
* Manages patches applied against the repository.
* <p>
* Patches are injected into this class and any attempted applications are recorded
* for later auditing.
*
* @since 1.2
* @author Derek Hulley
*/
public interface PatchService
{
/**
* Registers a patch with the service that executes them.
*
* @param patch the patch to register
*/
public void registerPatch(Patch patch);
/**
* Apply all outstanding patches that are relevant to the repo.
* If there is a failure, then the patches that were applied will remain so,
* but the process will not attempt to apply any further patches.
* <p>
* Patches have a version, e.g. <b>1.1.1</b>, which is the version of the repo
* after which the patch should be applied. If the repository version is <b>1.1.2</b>
* then the patch will not be applied as the repository was created with a newer version
* of the codebase, thereby rendering the patch unecessary. If the repository is at
* version <b>1.1</b> then the patch needs to be applied as the codebase of the repository
* is newer than the repository creation.
*
* @return Returns true if all outstanding patches were applied, or false if the process
* was termintated before all patches could be applied.
*/
public boolean applyOutstandingPatches();
}