ConditionProvider.java

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package org.sakaiproject.conditions.api;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * interface to specify the contract for a service to make conditions available to any other tool or service 
 * @author Zach A. Thomas <zach@aeroplanesoftware.com>
 *
 */
public interface ConditionProvider {
	
	/**
	 * just a unique name that each <code>ConditionProvider</code> can be accessed by
	 * @return unique name of this <code>ConditionProvider</code>
	 */
	String getId();
	
	/**
	 * return a <code>Map</code> of entities for the specified context
	 * where the context is a Sakai site id,
	 * and the entities are specific to the service this <code>ConditionProvider</code> represents,
	 * e.g. for the gradebook <code>ConditionProvider</code>, the entities will be the assignments for
	 * the specified context.
	 * 
	 * @param contextId
	 * @return
	 */
	Map<String, String> getEntitiesForContext(String contextId);
	
	/**
	 * get a <code>Map</code> of event names, e.g. 'gradebook.updateItemScore'
	 * to the name of the class concerned with that event, e.g. 'org.sakaiproject.conditions.impl.AssignmentGrading'
	 * @return the names of events this <code>ConditionProvider</code> is concerned with,
	 * and the names of classes that correspond to those events
	 */
	Map<String, String> getEventToDomainClassMapping();

  /**
   * make a request for information from the ConditionProvider
   * @param type the name of the information you want back from the ConditionProvider
   * @param context a contextual key, such as an assignment id from the gradebook
   * @return An arbitrary map of keys and values which can be used to evaluate rules
   */
  Map<String, String> getData(String type, String context);
}