org.apache.fulcrum.osworkflow
Interface WorkflowService

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultWorkflowService

public interface WorkflowService

extends org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component

WorkflowService interface.

Version:

$Id: WorkflowService.java 535465 2007-05-05 06:58:06Z tv $

Author:

Eric Pugh

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ROLE Avalon role - used to id the component within the manager

Method Summary

Workflow	retrieveWorkflow(java.lang.String caller) Retrives a workflow based on the caller
long[]	retrieveWorkflows(java.lang.String caller, java.lang.String status) For a specific caller and status, return all the workflows.

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final java.lang.String ROLE

Avalon role - used to id the component within the manager

Method Detail

retrieveWorkflow

public Workflow retrieveWorkflow(java.lang.String caller)

Retrives a workflow based on the caller

Parameters:

caller - the value of the caller

Returns:

the Workflow for this caller

retrieveWorkflows

public long[] retrieveWorkflows(java.lang.String caller,
                                java.lang.String status)
                         throws WorkflowException

For a specific caller and status, return all the workflows.

Parameters:

caller - the value of the caller

status - the status, defined in the workflow xml file

Returns:

an array of longs of the workflow id's

Throws:

WorkflowException - if there is a problem