libreccm-legacy/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ItemCopier.java

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Red Hat Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
*/
package com.arsdigita.cms;
import com.arsdigita.domain.DomainObject;
import com.arsdigita.persistence.OID;
import com.arsdigita.persistence.metadata.Property;
/**
* <p>This is a supplementary class which should only be used in the
* <code>copyProperty</code> method of {@link CustomCopy}
* implementations. For a more detailed description, see the javadoc
* on {@link CustomCopy#copyProperty(CustomCopy, Property,
* ItemCopier)}.</p>
*
* <p>Note that the <code>copyProperty</code> method must <b>only</b> call
* <code>copier.copy</code> in order to correctly copy some
* content item inside the method body. An attempt to call any other method
* to copy an item may cause disastrous results.</p>
*
* <p>For a correct implementation of the <code>copyProperty</code> method,
* see {@link ContentItem#copyProperty(CustomCopy, Property, ItemCopier)}.</p>
*
* <p>There are not, and should not be, any public implementations of
* this class.</p>
*
* @author Stanislav Freidin (sfreidin@arsdigita.com)
* @version $Id: ItemCopier.java 754 2005-09-02 13:26:17Z sskracic $
* @see CustomCopy#copyProperty(CustomCopy, Property, ItemCopier)
*/
public interface ItemCopier {
/**
* Denotes that this instance item copier is used for a regular
* copy operation
*/
public static final int PLAIN_COPY = 0;
public static final int VERSION_COPY = 1;
/**
* Creates a copy, by reference or by value, of the property
* represented in <code>object</code>.
*
* When called from within <code>CustomCopy.copyProperty</code>,
* source will be the source object passed into
* <code>copyProperty</code>, target will be <code>this</code>,
* and <code>object</code> will be the object which is to be copied.
*
* @param source the <code>DomainObject</code> source (original)
* object to which this property belongs
* @param target the new <code>DomainObject</code> copy to which
* the return value of this method will be attached
* @param object the <code>DomainObject</code> property being
* copied
* @param prop a <code>Property</code> representing
* <code>object</code>
* @return <code>object</code> if <code>prop</code> is not a
* component or a copy of <code>object</code> it is a component
*/
DomainObject copy(final CustomCopy source,
final CustomCopy target,
final DomainObject object,
final Property prop);
/**
* Return a copy of the object identified by the specified OID.
* The copy may not exist if the specified OID has not been copied yet;
* in this case, the method will return <code>null</code>.
* <p>
* This method will typically be used in the
* {@link ContentItem#copyProperty(ContentItem, String, ItemCopier)}
* method.
*
* @param oid the OID of the object whose copy should be retrieved
* @return the copy of the specified object, or null if the object has
* not been copied yet, or if the object is not convertible to a
* <code>DomainObject</code>.
*/
DomainObject getCopy(OID oid);
/**
* Return PLAIN_COPY if the particular instance of the item
* copier is used for making plain copies of the item. Return
* VERSION_COPY id the copier is used to create live versions
* for draft items.
*/
public int getCopyType();
}