WF.java

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package org.griphyn.vdl.dbschema;

import java.sql.*;
import org.griphyn.vdl.workflow.*;

/**
 * This common schema interface defines the schemas in which the
 * abstraction layers access the WF database. This layer is independent
 * of the implementing database, and does so by going via the database
 * driver class API.
 *
 * @author Jens-S. Vöckler
 * @author Mike Wilde
 * @version $Revision$
 * @see org.griphyn.vdl.dbschema.DatabaseSchema
 * @see org.griphyn.vdl.dbdriver 
 */
public interface WF extends Catalog
{
  /**
   * Names the property key prefix employed for schemas dealing with the VDC.
   */
  public static final String PROPERTY_PREFIX = "vds.db.wf.schema";

  /**
   * Determines the primary key of a workflow from the provided tuple
   * of secondary keys, and instantiates the corresponding workflow.
   *
   * @param basedir is the base directory
   * @param vogroup is the VO group identifier
   * @param label is the workflow label
   * @param run is the workflow run directory 
   * @return the workflow identifier, or -1 if not found.
   */
  public abstract WorkEntry
    getWorkflow( String basedir, String vogroup, String label, String run )
    throws SQLException;

  /**
   * Returns a set of all workflows that are younger than a cut-off time. 
   * The result may be empty, if no matching workflows exist yet. 
   *
   * @param mtime is the oldest permissable last modification time
   * @return a map of workflows, indexed by their primary key
   */
  public abstract java.util.Map
    getWorkflows( java.util.Date mtime )
    throws SQLException;
}