Paul Holmes-Higgin 4e2300f095 Updated copyright
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
* As a special exception to the terms and conditions of version 2.0 of
* the GPL, you may redistribute this Program in connection with Free/Libre
* and Open Source Software ("FLOSS") applications as described in Alfresco's
* FLOSS exception. You should have recieved a copy of the text describing
* the FLOSS exception, and it is also available here:
* http://www.alfresco.com/legal/licensing"
*/
package org.alfresco.repo.policy;
/**
* A Behaviour represents an encapsulated piece of logic (system or business)
* that may be bound to a Policy. The logic may be expressed in any
* language (java, script etc).
*
* Once bound to a Policy, the behaviour must be able to provide the interface
* declared by that policy.
*
* @author David Caruana
*/
public interface Behaviour
{
/**
* When should behaviour be notified?
*/
public enum NotificationFrequency
{
EVERY_EVENT,
FIRST_EVENT,
TRANSACTION_COMMIT
}
/**
* Gets the requested policy interface onto the behaviour
*
* @param policy the policy interface class
* @return the policy interface
*/
public <T> T getInterface(Class<T> policy);
/**
* Disable the behaviour (for this thread only)
*/
public void disable();
/**
* Enable the behaviour (for this thread only)
*/
public void enable();
/**
* @return is the behaviour enabled (for this thread only)
*/
public boolean isEnabled();
/**
* @return the notification
*/
public NotificationFrequency getNotificationFrequency();
}