ConsistencyValidator.java

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 * RHQ Management Platform
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package org.rhq.enterprise.server.sync.validators;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;

import org.rhq.core.domain.auth.Subject;
import org.rhq.enterprise.server.sync.ExportReader;
import org.rhq.enterprise.server.sync.ExportWriter;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface can export a state and validate that
 * the exported state is consistent with the environment the export is being
 * imported to.
 * <p>
 * Think about the necessity of the two RHQ installations having the same plugins
 * deployed so that the metric templates can be fully matched between them. 
 * <p>
 * The validators are required to have a public no-arg constructor. If some configuration
 * settings are required to be transfered over to the target installation, the implementation
 * is free to include such data in the XML during the {@link #exportState(ExportWriter)} method.
 * 
 * @author Lukas Krejci
 */
public interface ConsistencyValidator {

    /**
     * Initializes the validator with the current authentication info and access to database.
     * This method is only called during import.
     * 
     * @param subject the currently authenticated user
     * @param entityManager the entity manager that can be used to access the database if the 
     * validator needs to do so.
     */
    void initialize(Subject subject, EntityManager entityManager);
    
    /**
     * Exports the state this checker needs validated later on.
     * This method is being called during the export to capture that
     * aspects of system that need to be satisfied on the target
     * system.
     * 
     * @param writer
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    void exportState(ExportWriter writer) throws XMLStreamException;
    
    /**
     * This method initializes the consistency checker to perform the
     * {@link #validateExportedState()} method later on.
     * <p>
     * This method is called during import and the reader points to a structure
     * previously stored by the {@link #exportState(ExportWriter)} method on 
     * the source RHQ installation.
     * 
     * @param reader
     * @throws XMLStreamException
     */
    void initializeExportedStateValidation(ExportReader reader) throws XMLStreamException;
    
    /**
     * Validates that the current RHQ installation is consistent with the state
     * mandated during the export.
     * <p>
     * This method is only ever called after the {@link #initializeExportedStateValidation(XMLStreamReader)} 
     * is invoked.
     * 
     * @throws InconsistentStateException in case of failed consistency check
     */
    void validateExportedState() throws InconsistentStateException;
}