/**Copyright 2010 Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft mBH
*
* This file is part of easyrec.
*
* easyrec is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* easyrec is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with easyrec. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.easyrec.service.web;
import org.easyrec.model.core.web.Item;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import java.util.List;
/**
* This Class is a Service for adding extra statistical Information
* to Tenants. e.g. Userstatistics, number of items, number of actions,...
* <p/>
* <p><b>Company: </b>
* SAT, Research Studios Austria</p>
* <p/>
* <p><b>Copyright: </b>
* (c) 2007</p>
* <p/>
* <p><b>last modified:</b><br/>
* $Author: phlavac $<br/>
* $Date: 2010-04-05 21:45:48 +0200 (Mo, 05 Apr 2010) $<br/>
* $Revision: 15919 $</p>
*
* @author Peter Hlavac
*/
public interface ItemService {
/**
* This function activates an item. An item may be activated
* by an administrator or by an operator that owns that item.
* (an item is member of a tenant, which is member of an operator).
*
* @param request
* @throws Exception if item does not exist or operator is not allowed to alter item.
*/
public void activate(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception;
/**
* This function deactivates an item. An item may be activated
* by an administrator or by an operator that owns that item.
* (an item is member of a tenant, which is member of an operator).
*
* @param request
* @throws Exception if item does not exist or operator is not allowed to alter item.
*/
public void deactivate(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception;
/**
* This function returns an item. An item may be returned if requested
* by an administrator or by an operator that owns that item.
* (an item is member of a tenant, which is member of an operator).
*
* @param request
* @throws Exception if item does not exist or operator is not allowed to alter item.
*/
public Item get(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception;
/**
* Filters a given list of items and returns only activated items.
*
* @param items
* @return
*/
public List<Item> filterDeactivatedItems(List<Item> items);
}