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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
* 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.admin.patch;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
/**
* 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.
*
* @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();
/**
* Retrieves all applied patches between two specific times.
*
* @param from the start date of the search, or null to get all patches from the start
* @param to the end date of the search, or null to g
* @return Returns all applied patches (successful or not)
*/
public List<PatchInfo> getPatches(Date fromDate, Date toDate);
}