Derek Hulley f047c6baaf Merged DEV\EXTENSIONS to HEAD
svn merge svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/DEV/EXTENSIONS@4868 svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/DEV/EXTENSIONS@4869 .
   svn merge svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/DEV/EXTENSIONS@4904 svn://svn.alfresco.com:3691/alfresco/BRANCHES/DEV/EXTENSIONS@4938 .
   Module management support
   Modularization of Records Management


git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/HEAD/root@4956 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261
2007-01-29 14:43:37 +00:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 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.module;
import java.util.List;
import org.alfresco.util.VersionNumber;
/**
* Interface for classes that control the startup and shutdown behaviour of modules.
* <p/>
* Note that the execution order of these components is on the basis of dependencies
* only. The version numbering determines only whether a component will be executed
* and doesn't imply any ordering.
* <p/>
* Equals and Hashcode method must be implemented.
*
* @author Derek Hulley
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ModuleComponent
{
/**
* @return Returns the globally unique module ID.
*/
String getModuleId();
/**
* @return Returns the name of the component in the context of the module ID. It does not
* have to be globally unique.
*/
String getName();
/**
*
* @return Returns a description of the component.
*/
String getDescription();
/**
* @return Returns the version number of the module for which this component was introduced.
*/
VersionNumber getSinceVersionNumber();
/**
* @return Returns the smallest version number of the module to which this component applies.
*/
VersionNumber getAppliesFromVersionNumber();
/**
* @return Returns the largest version number of the module to which this component applies.
*/
VersionNumber getAppliesToVersionNumber();
/**
* A list of module components that <b>must</b> be executed prior to this instance.
* This is the only way to guarantee ordered execution. The dependencies may include
* components from other modules, guaranteeing an early failure if a module is missing.
*
* @return Returns a list of components that must be executed prior to this component.
*/
List<ModuleComponent> getDependsOn();
/**
* @return Returns <tt>true</tt> if the component is to be successfully executed exactly once,
* or <tt>false</tt> if the component must be executed with each startup.
*/
boolean isExecuteOnceOnly();
/**
* Perform the actual component's work. Execution will be done within the context of a
* system account with an enclosing transaction. Long-running processes should be spawned
* from the calling thread, if required.
* <p/>
* All failures should just be thrown out as runtime exceptions and will be dealt with by
* the associated module infrastructure.
*/
void execute();
}