com.sapportals.wcm.repository.service.statemanagement

Interface IStatemanagementResource


public interface IStatemanagementResource

This is the main interface for the state management service. It handles transitions between states. Everything related to the current state of a resource is available via IStatemanagementUtilsResource


Method Summary
 IResourceTransitionList getAllowedTransitions()
          Gets all permitted transitions for the current resource and the current user.
 IResource getResource()
          Gets the original resource for this object.
 IResourceTransition getTransition(String ID)
          Gets a transition for the ID.
 IStatemanagementUtilsResource getUtils()
          Gets the IStatemanagementUtilsResource for this resource.
 

Method Detail

getResource

public IResource getResource()
Gets the original resource for this object. The IStatemanagementResource contains one resource. This can be accessed via this method.

Returns:
The resource that is handled by this object

getUtils

public IStatemanagementUtilsResource getUtils()
Gets the IStatemanagementUtilsResource for this resource. Everything related to the current state and the defined workflow is handled by IStatemanagementUtilsResource

Returns:
the statemanagent utils for this resource

getAllowedTransitions

public IResourceTransitionList getAllowedTransitions()
                                              throws WcmException
Gets all permitted transitions for the current resource and the current user. A transition has a source state and a target state. The current state of a resource therefore determines all possible transitions by evaluating the source state of all transitions. In addition, whether a transition is allowed or not also depends on the user. The list returned can not be null but can be empty.

Returns:
a list with all permitted transitions
Throws:
WcmException - exception raised in failure situation

getTransition

public IResourceTransition getTransition(String ID)
                                  throws WcmException
Gets a transition for the ID. This transition may not be allowed.

Parameters:
ID - ID for a transition
Returns:
the transition value
Throws:
WcmException - exception raised in failure situation


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