001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2016 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.krms.framework.engine;
017
018import java.util.List;
019
020import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.engine.ExecutionEnvironment;
021import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.engine.TermResolver;
022
023/**
024 * The context represents the area(s) of an organization's activity where a
025 * rule applies and where the terms used to create the rule are defined and relevant.
026 * An equivalent phrase often used is business domain. Rules only make sense in a
027 * particular context and because they must be evaluated against the information in
028 * that domain or context.
029 * 
030 * <p>For example, rules that are specifically authored and
031 * that are meaningful in an application on a Research Proposal would be most
032 * unlikely to make sense or be relevant in the context of a Student Record even
033 * if the condition could be evaluated.
034 * 
035 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
036 *
037 */
038public interface Context {
039
040    /**
041     * Execute with the given {@link ExecutionEnvironment}
042     * @param environment {@link ExecutionEnvironment} to execute with
043     */
044        void execute(ExecutionEnvironment environment);
045
046    /**
047     * Return a list of the {@link TermResolver}s
048     * @return List<TermResolver<?>>
049     */
050        List<TermResolver<?>> getTermResolvers();
051        
052}