com.servicerocket.confluence.randombits.metadata.MetadataManager Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.servicerocket.confluence.randombits.metadata;
import com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject;
import com.servicerocket.confluence.randombits.storage.Aliasable;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* This class helps keep track of scaffolding data.
*/
public interface MetadataManager extends Aliasable {
void addTypeHandler(TypeHandler handler);
void removeTypeHandler(TypeHandler handler);
void saveNextData(MetadataStorage data);
MetadataStorage loadReadableData(ContentEntityObject content);
MetadataStorage loadWritableData(ContentEntityObject content, int version);
MetadataStorage loadWritableData(ContentEntityObject content);
MetadataStorage loadNewWritableData(ContentEntityObject contentTo, ContentEntityObject contentFrom);
String loadDataXML(ContentEntityObject content);
String loadViewDataXML(ContentEntityObject content);
void saveData(MetadataStorage data, boolean currentContentVersion);
void saveSetData(MetadataStorage data);
void clearCache();
void clearNextData(ContentEntityObject content);
MetadataStorage asMetadataStorage(Map map);
MetadataStorage asMetadataStorage(Map map, ContentEntityObject contentEntityObject);
/**
* Attempts to convert the object from its original value into a 'storable' value
* that can be persisted safely. This is dependent on what {@link TypeHandler}s
* are available via the plugin system.
*
* The returned value may be the exact same object, if it is directly storable, or
* it may be a 'reference' instance that points to the original.
*
* @param original The original object value.
* @return The storable object value, or null if it could not be stored safely.
* @throws TypeConversionException if there is a problem while converting.
*/
Object toStorable(Object original) throws TypeConversionException;
/**
* Converts the object from a 'storable' instance to the 'original'. This will
* probably not be the same instance of the original, but it will be a faithful
* reconstruction.
*
* @param storable The storable value.
* @return The original value, or null if the storable value is not supported.
* @throws TypeConversionException if there is an error while converting.
*/
Object fromStorable(Object storable) throws TypeConversionException;
/**
* Checks if the value is storable.
*
* @param value The value to check.
* @return true
if the value can be stored as metadata.
*/
boolean isStorable(Object value);
/**
* Converts the specified object to the XML format used by Scaffolding for storage.
* It takes into account any custom storage handling for the object.
*
* @param value The value to convert.
* @return The XML value, or null if the value is not supported.
* @throws TypeConversionException if there are any issues.
*/
String toXML(Object value) throws TypeConversionException;
/**
* Converts the specified XML value to its original value (not a 'storable' value).
*
* @param xml The XML to convert.
* @return The original value.
* @throws TypeConversionException if there are any issues.
*/
Object fromXML(String xml) throws TypeConversionException;
}