PolicyInformationPoint.java

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package org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.common;

import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.DeviceIdentifier;
import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.Feature;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * This will be used retrieve data database. This interface has to be implemented by PIP. PIP will be plug-able.
 */
public interface PolicyInformationPoint {

    /**
     * This method will return the data related Device, Some of the device data will provided in the initial pipDeviceData object such as
     * device id, device time and location, Other data such as roles, owned users and ownership type will be filled by this method.
     * @param  deviceIdentifier device data.
     * @return   PIPDevice
     */
    PIPDevice getDeviceData(DeviceIdentifier deviceIdentifier) throws PolicyManagementException;

    /**
     * This method will retrieve the policies related given device Data.
     * @param pipDevice
     * @return
     */
    List<Policy> getRelatedPolicies(PIPDevice pipDevice) throws PolicyManagementException;

    /**
     * This is will retrieve the features related to device type. This feature list will be used for dynamically
     * merging the policies.
     * @param deviceType
     * @return
     */
    List<Feature> getRelatedFeatures(String deviceType) throws FeatureManagementException;
}