Paul Holmes-Higgin 31c250682b Changed licence headers
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
*
* 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.
*/
package org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch;
import java.util.List;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.admin.PatchException;
/**
* A patch is an executable class that makes a change to persisted data.
* <p>
* Auditing information is not maintained by the patch - rather it is solely
* responsible for the execution of the processes necessary to apply the patch.
* <p>
* Patches must not be reappliable. It is up to the patch management systems
* to ensure that patches are <b>never reapplied</b>.
*
* @see org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch.AbstractPatch
* @since 1.2
* @author Derek Hulley
*/
public interface Patch
{
public String getId();
public String getDescription();
/**
* @return Returns the smallest schema number that this patch may be applied to
*/
public int getFixesFromSchema();
/**
* @return Returns the largest schema number that this patch may be applied to
*/
public int getFixesToSchema();
/**
* @return Returns the schema number that this patch attempts to bring the repo up to
*/
public int getTargetSchema();
/**
* Get patches that this patch depends on
*
* @return Returns a list of patches
*/
public List<Patch> getDependsOn();
/**
* Check if the patch is applicable to a given schema version.
*
* @param version a schema version number
* @return Returns <code>(fixesFromVersion <= version <= fixesToVersion)</code>
*/
public boolean applies(int version);
/**
* Applies the patch. Typically this will be within the bounds of a new
* transaction.
*
* @return Returns the patch execution report
* @throws PatchException if the patch failed to be applied
*/
public String apply() throws PatchException;
}