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1   /**
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34  package info.magnolia.context;
35  
36  import info.magnolia.cms.core.search.QueryManager;
37  import info.magnolia.cms.i18n.Messages;
38  import info.magnolia.cms.security.AccessManager;
39  import info.magnolia.cms.security.User;
40  import info.magnolia.cms.core.HierarchyManager;
41  
42  import java.util.Locale;
43  import java.util.Map;
44  
45  
46  /**
47   * This interface defines all the methods which should be implemented by any configured magnolia context. Implementing
48   * class should never be accessible directly but only via MgnlContext static methods which work on a local (Thread) copy
49   * of the implementation.
50   * @author Sameer Charles
51   * @version $Revision $ ($Author $)
52   */
53  public interface Context extends org.apache.commons.chain.Context {
54  
55      /**
56       * Attribute visibility scope.
57       */
58      public static final int LOCAL_SCOPE = 1;
59  
60      /**
61       * Attribute visibility scope Shared by all requests from this session.
62       */
63      public static final int SESSION_SCOPE = 2;
64  
65      /**
66       * Attribute visibility scope, its visible to all sessions of this application.
67       */
68      public static final int APPLICATION_SCOPE = 3;
69  
70      final static public String ATTRIBUTE_REPOSITORY = "repository";
71  
72      final static public String ATTRIBUTE_PATH = "path";
73  
74      final static public String ATTRIBUTE_VERSION = "version";
75  
76      final static public String ATTRIBUTE_VERSION_MAP = "versionMap";
77  
78      final static public String ATTRIBUTE_UUID = "uuid";
79  
80      final static public String ATTRIBUTE_RECURSIVE = "recursive";
81  
82      public static final String ATTRIBUTE_COMMENT = "comment";
83  
84      public static final String ATTRIBUTE_MESSAGE = "msg";
85  
86      public static final String ATTRIBUTE_EXCEPTION = "exception";
87  
88      /**
89       * If this is not a UserContext this method will very likely return the system user.
90       */
91      public User getUser();
92  
93      /**
94       * @param locale
95       */
96      public void setLocale(Locale locale);
97  
98      /**
99       * Get the current locale.
100      */
101     public Locale getLocale();
102 
103     /**
104      * Get hierarchy manager initialized for this user.
105      * @param repositoryId
106      * @return hierarchy manager
107      */
108     public HierarchyManager getHierarchyManager(String repositoryId);
109 
110     /**
111      * Get hierarchy manager initialized for this user.
112      * @param repositoryId
113      * @param workspaceId
114      * @return hierarchy manager
115      */
116     public HierarchyManager getHierarchyManager(String repositoryId, String workspaceId);
117 
118     /**
119      * Get access manager for the specified repository on default workspace.
120      * @param repositoryId
121      * @return access manager
122      */
123     public AccessManager getAccessManager(String repositoryId);
124 
125     /**
126      * Get access manager for the specified repository on the specified workspace.
127      * @param repositoryId
128      * @param workspaceId
129      * @return access manager
130      */
131     public AccessManager getAccessManager(String repositoryId, String workspaceId);
132 
133     /**
134      * Get QueryManager created for this user on the specified repository.
135      * @param repositoryId
136      * @return query manager
137      */
138     public QueryManager getQueryManager(String repositoryId);
139 
140     /**
141      * Get QueryManager created for this user on the specified repository and workspace.
142      * @param repositoryId
143      * @param workspaceId
144      * @return query manager
145      */
146     public QueryManager getQueryManager(String repositoryId, String workspaceId);
147 
148     /**
149      * Set attribute value, scope of the attribute is defined.
150      * @param name is used as a key
151      * @param value
152      * @param scope , highest level of scope from which this attribute is visible
153      */
154     public void setAttribute(String name, Object value, int scope);
155 
156     /**
157      * Get attribute value.
158      * @param name to which value is associated to
159      * @param scope the scope (request, session, application)
160      * @return attribute value
161      */
162     public Object getAttribute(String name, int scope);
163 
164     /**
165      * Get attribute value without passing a scope. the scopes are searched from bottom up (request, session,
166      * application)
167      * @param name to which value is associated to
168      * @return attribute value
169      */
170     public Object getAttribute(String name);
171 
172     /**
173      * Get a map of a attributes set in the scope.
174      * @param scope
175      * @return the map
176      */
177     public Map<String, Object> getAttributes(int scope);
178 
179     /**
180      * Remove an attribute.
181      * @param name
182      * @param scope
183      */
184     public void removeAttribute(String name, int scope);
185 
186     /**
187      * Get an over all map.
188      * @return the map
189      */
190     public Map<String, Object> getAttributes();
191 
192     /**
193      * Get the default messages. It uses the locale set on this context
194      * TODO: This duplicates methods from MessagesManager : remove either
195      */
196     public Messages getMessages();
197 
198     /**
199      * Get the messages of the named bundle. It uses the locale set on this context
200      * @param basename name of the bundle
201      * TODO: This duplicates methods from MessagesManager : remove either
202      */
203     public Messages getMessages(String basename);
204 
205     /**
206      * Release any resource used by this Context (e.g. jcr sessions).
207      */
208     public void release();
209 
210 }