cybertools/stateful/interfaces.py

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"""
Interfaces for the `stateful` package.
"""
from zope.interface.interfaces import IObjectEvent
from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
class IState(Interface):
name = Attribute('The name or identifier of the state')
title = Attribute('A user-readable name or title of the state')
transitions = Attribute('A collection of strings naming the transitions '
'that can be executed from this state.')
actions = Attribute('A mapping with actions that may be executed in '
'this state.')
setSecurity = Attribute('A callable (argument: stateful object) '
'for setting the security settings on the object.')
class IAction(Interface):
name = Attribute('The name or identifier of the action.')
title = Attribute('A user-readable name or title of the action.')
allowed = Attribute('A boolean; if False the action may not be executed.')
doBefore = Attribute('A callable (argument: stateful object) to be executed '
'before this action.')
roles = Attribute('A collection of names of the roles that are allowed '
'to execute this action; no check when empty.')
permission = Attribute('The name of a permission that is needed for '
'executing this action; no check when empty.')
actors = Attribute('A collection of names of actors or groups that should be '
'able to execute this action; no check when empty. '
'See the IStateful.getActors().')
condition = Attribute('A boolean function with a stateful object as '
'parameter. The action is only allowed if return value '
'is True. No check when condition is None.')
schema = Attribute('An optional schema (a sequence of field specifications) '
'that provides information on fields to be shown in a '
'form used for executing the action.')
class ITransition(IAction):
targetState = Attribute('A string naming the state that will be the '
'result of executing this transition.')
class IStateful(Interface):
""" Provides basic methods for stateful objects.
"""
def getState():
""" Return the name of the state of the object.
"""
def getStateObject():
""" Return the state (an IState implementation) of the context object.
"""
def doTransition(transition, historyInfo=None):
""" Execute a transition; the transition is specified by its name.
The ``transition`` argument may be an iterable; in this case
its elements will be checked against the available transitions
and the first one that's available will be executed.
The ``historyInfo`` argument is an arbitrary object that will be
used for recording the transition execution in the history
(only if the context object is adaptable to IHistorizable).
"""
def getAvailableTransitions():
""" Return the transitions for this object that are available in
the current state. The returned transition objects should
provide the ITransition interface.
"""
def getAvailableTransitionsForUser():
""" Return the transitions for this object that are available for
the current user. This is a subset of all available transitions
for the current state.
"""
def checkActors(actors):
""" Return True if this stateful object is associated with the
actors given.
"""
def notify(transition, previousState):
""" This method will be called upon completion of a transition.
"""
request = Attribute('Optional publication request.')
class IHistorizable(Interface):
""" An object that may record history information, e.g. when
performing a state transition.
"""
def record(info):
""" Record the information given (typically a mapping) with the
object.
"""
def recordTransition(stateFrom, stateTo, transition, historyInfo=None):
""" Record the state transition characterized by the arguments
(names of the states and the transition), optionally
supplemented by the additional history information given.
"""
class IStatesDefinition(Interface):
""" A simple definition for a set of states and transitions between them,
Similar to an entity-based workflow definition.
"""
name = Attribute('The name or identifier of the states definition')
def doTransitionFor(object, transition):
""" Execute a transition for the object given;
the transition is specified by its name.
"""
def getAvailableTransitionsFor(object):
""" Return the transitions available for this object in its current state.
"""
def isAllowed(action, object):
""" Return True if the action (an IAction provider) is allowed on
the object given for the current user.
"""
def checkRoles(roles, object):
""" Return True if the current user provides one of the roles given
on the object given.
"""
def checkRoles(permission, object):
""" Return True if the current user has the permission given
on the object given.
"""
class IStatefulIndexInfo(Interface):
""" Provide a list of tokens to be used for indexing the states
of an object in the catalog.
"""
tokens = Attribute('A sequence of strings to be used for indexing the '
'states; format: [<statesdefinition name>:<state name>, ...].')
availableStatesDefinitions = Attribute('A sequence of strings with the '
'names of all states definitions currently available.')
class ITransitionEvent(IObjectEvent):
""" Fires when the state of an object has been changed.
"""
transition = Attribute('The transition.')
previousState = Attribute('The name of the state before the transition.')
request = Attribute('Optional publication request.')