Package org.alfresco.repo.policy

Interface PolicyComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:
PolicyComponentImpl
@AlfrescoPublicApi public interface PolicyComponent
Policy Component for managing Policies and Behaviours.

This component provides the ability to:

  • a) Register policies
  • b) Bind behaviours to policies
  • c) Invoke policy behaviours

A behaviour may be bound to a Policy before the Policy is registered. In this case, the behaviour is not validated (i.e. checked to determine if it supports the policy interface) until the Policy is registered. Otherwise, the behaviour is validated at bind-time. Policies may be selectively "turned off" by the Behaviour Filter.

Author:
David Caruana
See Also:

  • Method Details

    • registerClassPolicy

      <P extends ClassPolicy> ClassPolicyDelegate<P> registerClassPolicy(Class<P> policy)
      Register a Class-level Policy
      Type Parameters:
      P - the policy interface
      Parameters:
      policy - the policy interface class
      Returns:
      A delegate for the class-level policy (typed by the policy interface)

    • registerPropertyPolicy

      <P extends PropertyPolicy> PropertyPolicyDelegate<P> registerPropertyPolicy(Class<P> policy)
      Register a Property-level Policy
      Type Parameters:
      P - the policy interface
      Parameters:
      policy - the policy interface class
      Returns:
      A delegate for the property-level policy (typed by the policy interface)

    • registerAssociationPolicy

      <P extends AssociationPolicy> AssociationPolicyDelegate<P> registerAssociationPolicy(Class<P> policy)
      Register a Association-level Policy
      Type Parameters:
      P - the policy interface
      Parameters:
      policy - the policy interface class
      Returns:
      A delegate for the association-level policy (typed by the policy interface)

    • getRegisteredPolicies

      Collection<PolicyDefinition> getRegisteredPolicies()
      Gets all registered Policies
      Returns:
      the collection of registered policy definitions

    • getRegisteredPolicy

      PolicyDefinition<Policy> getRegisteredPolicy(PolicyType policyType, QName policy)
      Gets the specified registered Policy
      Parameters:
      policyType - the policy type
      policy - the policy name
      Returns:
      the policy definition (or null, if it has not been registered)

    • isRegisteredPolicy

      boolean isRegisteredPolicy(PolicyType policyType, QName policy)
      Determine if the specified policy has been registered
      Parameters:
      policyType - the policy type
      policy - the fully qualified name of the policy
      Returns:
      true => registered, false => not yet

    • bindClassBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ClassBehaviourBinding> bindClassBehaviour(QName policy, QName className, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind a Class specific behaviour to a Class-level Policy.

      So when the named policy, happens on the specified aspect or type, the specified behaviour is executed.

      Example of calling this method 

               this.policyComponent.bindClassBehaviour(
           NodeServicePolicies.BeforeUpdateNodePolicy.QNAME,
           ContentModel.ASPECT_LOCKABLE,
           new JavaBehaviour(this, "beforeUpdateNode"));
      Parameters:
      policy - the fully qualified policy name
      className - the qualified name of a type or aspect that the policy is bound to
      behaviour - the behaviour. What gets executed by the policy
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • bindClassBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ServiceBehaviourBinding> bindClassBehaviour(QName policy, Object service, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind a Service behaviour to a Class-level Policy
      Parameters:
      policy - the fully qualified policy name
      service - the service (any object, in fact)
      behaviour - the behaviour. What gets executed by the policy
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • bindPropertyBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ClassFeatureBehaviourBinding> bindPropertyBehaviour(QName policy, QName className, QName propertyName, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind a Property specific behaviour to a Property-level Policy
      Parameters:
      policy - the fully qualified policy name
      className - the qualified name of the class (type or aspect) to bind against
      propertyName - the name of the property to bind against
      behaviour - the behaviour. What gets executed by the policy
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • bindPropertyBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ClassFeatureBehaviourBinding> bindPropertyBehaviour(QName policy, QName className, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind a Property specific behaviour to a Property-level Policy (for all properties of a Class)
      Parameters:
      policy - the fully qualified policy name
      className - the name of the class (type or aspect) to bind against
      behaviour - the behaviour, what gets executed by the policy
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • bindPropertyBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ServiceBehaviourBinding> bindPropertyBehaviour(QName policy, Object service, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind a Service specific behaviour to a Property-level Policy
      Parameters:
      policy - the fully qualified policy name
      service - the binding service
      behaviour - the behaviour
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • bindAssociationBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ClassFeatureBehaviourBinding> bindAssociationBehaviour(QName policy, QName className, QName assocName, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind an Association specific behaviour to an Association-level Policy

      For example, before a rule folder association is created. 

               policyComponent.bindAssociationBehaviour(
           NodeServicePolicies.OnCreateChildAssociationPolicy.QNAME,
           RuleModel.ASPECT_RULES,
           RuleModel.ASSOC_RULE_FOLDER,
           new JavaBehaviour(this, "OnCreateChildAssociation"));
      Parameters:
      policy - the policy name
      className - the name of the class (type or aspect) to bind against
      assocName - the name of the association to bind against
      behaviour - the behaviour. What gets executed by the policy
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • bindAssociationBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ClassFeatureBehaviourBinding> bindAssociationBehaviour(QName policy, QName className, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind an Association specific behaviour to an Association-level Policy (for all associations of a Class)
      Parameters:
      policy - the policy name
      className - the name of the class (type or aspect) to bind against
      behaviour - the behaviour. What gets executed by the policy
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • bindAssociationBehaviour

      BehaviourDefinition<ServiceBehaviourBinding> bindAssociationBehaviour(QName policy, Object service, Behaviour behaviour)
      Bind a Service specific behaviour to an Association-level Policy
      Parameters:
      policy - the policy name
      service - the binding service
      behaviour - the behaviour. What gets executed by the policy
      Returns:
      the registered behaviour definition

    • removeClassDefinition

      void removeClassDefinition(BehaviourDefinition<ClassBehaviourBinding> definition)
      Unbind behaviour