com.fatwire.services
Interface ApprovalService

All Superinterfaces:

Service

public interface ApprovalService
extends Service

The Approval Service is the interface providing asset approval life cycle related services.

Method Summary

void	approve(long destinationId, java.util.List<AssetId> assetsToApprove, boolean recursive) Attempts to approve a list of assets for a specified destination.
java.util.List<AssetId>	getBlockingAssets(long destinationId, AssetId assetId) Returns a flat list of blocking assets.
java.util.Date	getLastPublishDate(long destinationId, AssetId assetId) Retrieves the date when an asset has been last published to a specified destination.
ApprovalBean	getState(long destinationId, AssetId assetId) Returns the approval state of an asset for a given target.
DestinationBean	loadDestination(long destinationId) Returns complete information associated with a publishing destination for the specified site.
java.util.List<DestinationBean>	loadDestinations(long siteId) Returns a list containing the publishing destinations for the specified site.
void	unapprove(long destinationId, AssetId assetId) Revokes approval of an already approved asset in the life-cycle.

Methods inherited from interface com.fatwire.services.Service

getManager, getResponse, setManager

Method Detail

loadDestinations

java.util.List<DestinationBean> loadDestinations(long siteId)
                                                 throws ServiceException

Returns a list containing the publishing destinations for the specified site.

The elements returned in the list are light-weight objects which may contain partial information associated with the destination.

Parameters:

site - the site for which the destinations are to be retrieved.

Returns:

list of destinations, or an empty list if there are no destinations configured.

Throws:

ServiceException - wraps any exception underlying the service call.

loadDestination

DestinationBean loadDestination(long destinationId)
                                throws ServiceException

Returns complete information associated with a publishing destination for the specified site.

The source bean should provide the minimal information as specified by the underlying implementation to retrieve the details.

Parameters:

source - the destination whose details are to be retrieved.

Returns:

a destination.

Throws:

ServiceException - wraps any exception underlying the service call.

approve

void approve(long destinationId,
             java.util.List<AssetId> assetsToApprove,
             boolean recursive)
             throws ServiceException

Attempts to approve a list of assets for a specified destination.

If recursive flag is set to true, then this method attempts to recursively approve all dependencies.

Parameters:

assetsToApprove - the list containing identifiers for the assets to approve.

recursive - set to true if all dependencies are to be recursively approved.

Throws:

ServiceException - wraps any exception underlying the service call.

getBlockingAssets

java.util.List<AssetId> getBlockingAssets(long destinationId,
                                          AssetId assetId)
                                          throws ServiceException

Returns a flat list of blocking assets.

The flat list will contain the earliest unapproved child in a sub-tree of the dependency hierarchy.

Parameters:

destinationId -

assetId -

Returns:

Throws:

ServiceException - TODO Doc

getState

ApprovalBean getState(long destinationId,
                      AssetId assetId)
                      throws ServiceException

Returns the approval state of an asset for a given target.

The last published date will be populated only if the target destination is a real time publishing target (DestinationBean.Type.REAL_TIME).

Parameters:

destinationId - the target destination.

assetId - the asset identifier whose approval state is to be retrieved.

Returns:

the approval state.

Throws:

ServiceException - wraps any exception underlying the service call.

unapprove

void unapprove(long destinationId,
               AssetId assetId)
               throws ServiceException

Revokes approval of an already approved asset in the life-cycle.

Dependencies of the asset are not affected. This method quietly ignores the call if the asset is already in unapproved state.

Parameters:

destinationId - the target destination.

assetId - the asset identifier for the asset whose approval is to be revoked.

Throws:

ServiceException - wraps any exception underlying the service call.

getLastPublishDate

java.util.Date getLastPublishDate(long destinationId,
                                  AssetId assetId)
                                  throws ServiceException

Retrieves the date when an asset has been last published to a specified destination.

Parameters:

destinationId - the target destination.

assetId - the asset identifier for the asset whose publish date is to be retrieved.

Returns:

the last publish date, or null if the asset has never been published to this destination before.

Throws:

ServiceException - wraps any exception underlying the service call.