Package org.kuali.rice.krad.service

Interface KualiRuleService

public interface KualiRuleService
Defines the interface to the business-rule evaluation service, used to evauluate document-type-specific business rules using document-related events to drive the process.
Author:
Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  • Method Details

    • applyRules

      boolean applyRules(DocumentEvent event)
      Retrieves and instantiates the businessRulesClass associated with the event's document type (if any), and calls the appropriate process* method of that businessRule for handling the given event type.

      This is a helper method that takes in the generic DocumentEvent class and determines which event call to make.

      Parameters:
      event -
      Returns:
      true if no rule is applied, or all rules are applied successfully, false otherwise

    • generateAdHocRoutePersonEvents

      List<AddAdHocRoutePersonEvent> generateAdHocRoutePersonEvents(Document document)
      Builds a list containing ad hoc route person events appropriate for the context.
      Parameters:
      document -
      Returns:
      List

    • generateAdHocRouteWorkgroupEvents

      List<AddAdHocRouteWorkgroupEvent> generateAdHocRouteWorkgroupEvents(Document document)
      Builds a list containing ad hoc route workgroup events appropriate for the context.
      Parameters:
      document -
      Returns:
      List

    • getBusinessRulesInstance

      BusinessRule getBusinessRulesInstance(Document document, Class<? extends BusinessRule> ruleInterface)
      Allows code in actions or business objects to directly access rule methods in the class.
      Parameters:
      document -
      ruleInterface -
      Returns:
      BusinessRule