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package org.activiti.engine;

import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricActivityInstance;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricActivityInstanceQuery;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricDetail;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricDetailQuery;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricProcessInstance;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricProcessInstanceQuery;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricTaskInstance;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricTaskInstanceQuery;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricVariableInstance;
import org.activiti.engine.history.HistoricVariableInstanceQuery;
import org.activiti.engine.history.NativeHistoricActivityInstanceQuery;
import org.activiti.engine.history.NativeHistoricProcessInstanceQuery;
import org.activiti.engine.history.NativeHistoricTaskInstanceQuery;

/** 
 * Service exposing information about ongoing and past process instances.  This is different
 * from the runtime information in the sense that this runtime information only contains 
 * the actual runtime state at any given moment and it is optimized for runtime 
 * process execution performance.  The history information is optimized for easy 
 * querying and remains permanent in the persistent storage.
 * 
 * @author Christian Stettler
 * @author Tom Baeyens
 * @author Joram Barrez
 */
public interface HistoryService {

  /** Creates a new programmatic query to search for {@link HistoricProcessInstance}s. */
  HistoricProcessInstanceQuery createHistoricProcessInstanceQuery();

  /** Creates a new programmatic query to search for {@link HistoricActivityInstance}s. */
  HistoricActivityInstanceQuery createHistoricActivityInstanceQuery();
  
  /** Creates a new programmatic query to search for {@link HistoricTaskInstance}s. */
  HistoricTaskInstanceQuery createHistoricTaskInstanceQuery();

  /** Creates a new programmatic query to search for {@link HistoricDetail}s. */
  HistoricDetailQuery createHistoricDetailQuery();
  
  /** Creates a new programmatic query to search for {@link HistoricVariableInstance}s. */
  HistoricVariableInstanceQuery createHistoricVariableInstanceQuery();

  /** Deletes historic task instance.  This might be useful for tasks that are 
   * {@link TaskService#newTask() dynamically created} and then {@link TaskService#complete(String) completed}. 
   * If the historic task instance doesn't exist, no exception is thrown and the 
   * method returns normal.*/
  void deleteHistoricTaskInstance(String taskId);
  
  /**
   * Deletes historic process instance. All historic activities, historic task and
   * historic details (variable updates, form properties) are deleted as well.
   */
  void deleteHistoricProcessInstance(String processInstanceId);

  /**
   * creates a native query to search for {@link HistoricProcessInstance}s via SQL
   */
  NativeHistoricProcessInstanceQuery createNativeHistoricProcessInstanceQuery();

  /**
   * creates a native query to search for {@link HistoricTaskInstance}s via SQL
   */
  NativeHistoricTaskInstanceQuery createNativeHistoricTaskInstanceQuery();

  /**
   * creates a native query to search for {@link HistoricActivityInstance}s via SQL
   */
  NativeHistoricActivityInstanceQuery createNativeHistoricActivityInstanceQuery();

}