workitemstorage.java

一个工作流设计及定义的系统,可以直接与数据库结合进行系统工作流程的定义及应用.

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 * $Id: WorkItemStorage.java,v 1.4 2005/05/17 16:41:05 jmettraux Exp $
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// WorkItemStorage.java
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package openwfe.org.worklist.store;

import javax.security.auth.Subject;

import openwfe.org.engine.workitem.InFlowWorkItem;
import openwfe.org.engine.expressions.FlowExpressionId;


/**
 * Where a workitem store does the high-level work, the workitem storage does
 * the bulk work : physically storing the workitems.
 * Then the workitem store may take care of correlations and stuff like that.
 * A workitem storage is able to work for multiple stores.
 *
 * <p><font size=2>CVS Info :
 * <br>$Author: jmettraux $
 * <br>$Id: WorkItemStorage.java,v 1.4 2005/05/17 16:41:05 jmettraux Exp $ </font>
 *
 * @author [e-mail]
 */
public interface WorkItemStorage
{

    /**
     * Inserts a workitem into the storage for given store.
     */
    public void storeWorkItem 
        (String storeName, InFlowWorkItem wi)
    throws 
        StoreException;

    /**
     * Removes the workitem from the storage for a given store.
     */
    public void removeWorkItem 
        (String storeName, FlowExpressionId fei)
    throws 
        StoreException;

    /**
     * Retrieves a workitem given the storename and the workitem id.
     */
    public InFlowWorkItem retrieveWorkItem 
        (String storeName, FlowExpressionId fei)
    throws 
        StoreException;

    /**
     * Returns the number of workitems in a store.
     */
    public int countWorkItems 
        (String storeName)
    throws 
        StoreException;

    /**
     * Returns a list of workitems from a store.
     */
    public java.util.List listWorkItems 
        (String storeName, int limit)
    throws 
        StoreException;

}