Collection.java

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package org.apache.isis.applib.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import javax.jdo.annotations.NotPersistent;

import org.apache.isis.applib.services.eventbus.CollectionDomainEvent;

/**
 * Domain semantics for domain object collection.
 */
@Inherited
@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Collection {

    /**
     * Indicates that changes to the collection that should be posted to the
     * {@link org.apache.isis.applib.services.eventbus.EventBusService event bus} using a custom (subclass of)
     * {@link org.apache.isis.applib.services.eventbus.CollectionDomainEvent}.
     *
     * <p>For example:
     * </p>
     * <pre>
     * public class Order {
     *   public static class OrderLineItems extends CollectionDomainEvent { ... }
     *
     *   @CollectionInteraction(OrderLineItems.class)
     *   public SortedSet<OrderLine> getLineItems() { ...}
     * }
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>
     * Only domain services should be registered as subscribers; only domain services are guaranteed to be instantiated and
     * resident in memory.  The typical implementation of a domain service subscriber is to identify the impacted entities,
     * load them using a repository, and then to delegate to the event to them.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * This subclass must provide a no-arg constructor; the fields are set reflectively.
     * </p>
     */
    Class<? extends CollectionDomainEvent<?,?>> domainEvent() default CollectionDomainEvent.Default.class;

    // //////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Indicates when the collection is not visible to the user.
     */
    Where hidden() default Where.NOWHERE;


    // //////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Whether the properties of this domain object can be edited, or collections of this object be added to/removed from.
     *
     * <p>
     *     Note that non-editable objects can nevertheless have actions invoked upon them.
     * </p>
     */
    Editing editing() default Editing.AS_CONFIGURED;

    /**
     * If {@link #editing()} is set to {@link Editing#DISABLED},
     * then the reason to provide to the user as to why this property cannot be edited.
     */
    String editingDisabledReason() default "";


    // //////////////////////////////////////


    /**
     * Indicates that the collection should be excluded from snapshots.
     *
     * <p>
     *     To ensure that the collection is actually not persisted in the objectstore, also annotate with {@link NotPersistent}.
     * </p>
     */
    boolean notPersisted() default false;


    // //////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * The type-of the elements held within the collection.
     * @return
     */
    Class<?> typeOf() default Object.class;

}