# # Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de # # This program 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 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # """ Interface definitions for a notification framework. $Id$ """ from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute from zope import schema from cybertools.tracking.interfaces import ITrack class INotificationManager(Interface): """ Provides methods for working with notifications. Typically used as an adapter for ITrackingStorage objects. """ def notify(taskId, userName, type, media=None, **kw): """ Create a notification object according to the information given. """ def cleanUp(age=1, removeIgnored=False): """ Remove old (finished) runs and (done) tracks; the last change (timeStamp) being before ``now - age`` days. If the ``removeIgnored`` argument is True remove also tracks in ``ignored`` state. """ class INotification(ITrack): """ A notification carries information necessary to inform a receiver (typically a user or person, but possibly also another kind of entity) about an event. The object the notification is related to is referenced via the task id attribute; interdependent notifications (i.e. notifications that are triggered by the identical event or have been created by another notification) share the run id; the user name references the user/person that will be notified. """ type = Attribute('A string (token) that specifies the ' 'type of the notification.') state = Attribute('A string (token) specifying the ' 'current state of the notification.') priority = Attribute('A string (token) specifying the ' 'priority/importance of the notification.') parent = Attribute('The id of the parent notification, i.e. the ' 'notification that triggered the creation of this one. ' 'None if there is not parent notification.') eventType = Attribute('A string (token or title) that specifies the ' 'type of the event that triggered this notification.') media = Attribute('A collection of strings (tokens) specifying the ' 'media types that will be used for presenting ' 'the notification.') timingType = Attribute('A string (token) specifying the ' 'type of timing that will be used for presenting ' 'the notification.') timing = Attribute('A list of (typically) time/date values specifying ' 'the time range for presentation. The possible values and ' 'their interpretation depend on the timing type.') deliveryInfo = Attribute('Additional information needed for the ' 'delivery of the notification, e.g. an email address.') actionsPossible = Attribute('A collection of possible actions the receiver ' 'may take in response to the notification.') actionsTaken = Attribute('One or more actions that have been carried ' 'out in response to the notification.') # media + timingType + timing + deliveryInfo could be combined to # a `deliverySpec` attribute. types = ('object_changed', 'object_new', 'invitation', 'assignment') states = ('new', 'active', 'deferred', 'done', 'ignored') priorities = ('critical', 'important', 'normal', 'info') media = ('inbox', 'mail', 'im', 'rss') timingTypes = ('immediate', 'hourly', 'daily', 'explicit') actionTypes = ('accept', 'reject', 'ignore', 'note', 'delegate') # TODO: Action class (type + instance)