cybertools/tracking/notify/interfaces.py
helmutm f9418c1df6 started work on comment (discussions) and notify (notifications)
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# Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
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"""
Interface definitions for a notification framework.
$Id$
"""
from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
from zope import schema
from cybertools.tracking.interfaces import ITrack
class INotification(ITrack):
""" A notification carries information necessary to inform a
receiver (typically a user or person, but possibly also an other
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.') # TODO: vocabulary
state = Attribute('A string (token) specifying the '
'current state of the notification.') # TODO: vocabulary
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 string (token) specifying the '
'media type that will be used for presenting '
'the notification.') # TODO: vocabulary
timingType = Attribute('A string (token) specifying the '
'type of timing that will be used for presenting '
'the notification.') # TODO: vocabulary
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.
# TODO: Action class (type + instance); vocabulary of action types