alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/transfer/AlienProcessor.java

package org.alfresco.repo.transfer;

import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ChildAssociationRef;
import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;

/**
 * This class groups together the business logic for alien nodes which are 
 * transferred nodes that contain children from another repository.
 * <p>
 * Alien nodes cannot be deleted through the transfer service, instead they are
 * "pruned"
 * 
 * <p>
 * This class owns the aspect trx:alien (TransferModel.ASPECT_ALIEN)
 */
public interface AlienProcessor
{
    /**
     * Prune the given node of aliens from the specified repositoryId.
     * <p> 
     * So any children that are only invaded by the specified repository are deleted.
     * <p>
     * Folders which are invaded by more than one repository will remain. 
     * 
     * @param parentNodeRef the root to prune
     * @param fromRepositoryId the repositoryId to prune.
     */
    public void pruneNode(NodeRef parentNodeRef, String fromRepositoryId);

    /**
     * Has the node been invaded by aliens ?
     * @param nodeRef the node to check
     * @return true the node has been invaded by aliens.
     */
    public boolean isAlien(NodeRef nodeRef);
    
    /**
     * Called before creating a child of a transferred node.
     * <p>
     * When a new node is created as a child of a Transferred or Alien node then
     * the new node needs to be marked as an alien. 
     * <p>
     * Then the tree needs to be walked upwards to mark all parent 
     * transferred nodes as alien. 
     * 
     * @param childAssocRef the association ref to the new node
     * @param repositoryId - the repositoryId of the system who owns the new node.
     * @param isNewNode - is this a new nide
     */
    public void onCreateChild(ChildAssociationRef childAssocRef, String repositoryId, boolean isNewNode);
        
    /**
     * Called when an alien node has been moved from one parent to another.
     * <p>
     * If the new parent is transferred or alien may make the new parent an alien.
     * <p>
     * The alien node may also stop being an alien node.
     */
    public void afterMoveAlien(ChildAssociationRef newAssocRef);
    
    /**
     * Called before deleting an alien node.
     * <p>
     * The tree needs to be walked upwards to take account of the removed alien node.
     * 
     * @param deletedNodeRef node about to be deleted
     * @param oldRef null if the deleted node is still "in place" and readable else the old ref prior to 
     * the node being moved.
     */
    public void beforeDeleteAlien(NodeRef deletedNodeRef, ChildAssociationRef oldRef);
}