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/*
 * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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 * the License.
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package com.google.gwt.requestfactory.server;

import com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.BaseProxy;
import com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.Locator;
import com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.RequestContext;
import com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.ServiceLocator;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation;

/**
 * The ServiceLayer mediates all interactions between the
 * {@link SimpleRequestProcessor} and the domain environment. The core service
 * logic can be decorated by extending an {@link ServiceLayerDecorator}.
 * <p>
 * This API is subject to change in future releases.
 *
 * <p><span style='color:red'>RequestFactory has moved to
 * <code>com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory</code>.  This package will be
 * removed in a future version of GWT.</span></p>
 */
@Deprecated
public abstract class ServiceLayer {
    /*
     * NB: This type cannot be directly extended by the user since it has a
     * package-protected constructor. This means that any API-compatibility work
     * that needs to happen can be done in ServiceLayerDecorator in order to keep
     * this interface as clean as possible.
     */

    /**
     * Provides a flag to disable the ServiceLayerCache for debugging purposes.
     */
    private static final boolean ENABLE_CACHE = Boolean
            .valueOf(System.getProperty("gwt.rf.ServiceLayerCache", "true"));

    /**
     * Create a RequestFactory ServiceLayer that is optionally modified by the
     * given decorators.
     *
     * @param decorators the decorators that will modify the behavior of the core
     *          service layer implementation
     * @return a ServiceLayer instance
     */
    public static ServiceLayer create(ServiceLayerDecorator... decorators) {
        List<ServiceLayerDecorator> list = new ArrayList<ServiceLayerDecorator>();
        // Always hit the cache first
        ServiceLayerDecorator cache = ENABLE_CACHE ? new ServiceLayerCache() : new ServiceLayerDecorator();
        list.add(cache);
        // The the user-provided decorators
        if (decorators != null) {
            list.addAll(Arrays.asList(decorators));
        }
        // Support for Locator objects
        list.add(new LocatorServiceLayer());
        // Interact with domain objects
        list.add(new ReflectiveServiceLayer());
        // Locate domain objects
        list.add(new ResolverServiceLayer());

        // Make the last layer point to the cache
        list.get(list.size() - 1).top = cache;

        // Point each entry at the next
        for (int i = list.size() - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
            ServiceLayerDecorator layer = list.get(i);
            layer.next = list.get(i + 1);
            layer.top = cache;
        }

        return cache;
    }

    /**
     * A pointer to the top-most ServiceLayer instance.
     */
    ServiceLayer top;

    /**
     * Not generally-extensible.
     */
    ServiceLayer() {
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of the requested domain type.
     *
     * @param <T> the requested domain type
     * @param clazz the requested domain type
     * @return an instance of the requested domain type
     */
    public abstract <T> T createDomainObject(Class<T> clazz);

    /**
     * Create an instance of the requested {@link Locator} type.
     *
     * @param <T> the requested Locator type
     * @param clazz the requested Locator type
     * @return an instance of the requested Locator type
     */
    public abstract <T extends Locator<?, ?>> T createLocator(Class<T> clazz);

    /**
     * Create an instance of a service object that can be used as the target for
     * the given method invocation.
     *
     * @param contextMethod a method defined in a RequestContext
     * @param domainMethod the method that the service object must implement
     * @return an instance of the requested service object
     */
    public abstract Object createServiceInstance(Method contextMethod, Method domainMethod);

    /**
     * Returns the ClassLoader that should be used when attempting to access
     * domain classes or resources.
     * <p>
     * The default implementation returns
     * {@code Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()}.
     */
    public abstract ClassLoader getDomainClassLoader();

    /**
     * Determine the method to invoke when retrieving the given property.
     *
     * @param domainType a domain entity type
     * @param property the name of the property to be retrieved
     * @return the Method that should be invoked to retrieve the property or
     *         {@code null} if the method could not be located
     */
    public abstract Method getGetter(Class<?> domainType, String property);

    /**
     * Return the persistent id for a domain object. May return {@code null} to
     * indicate that the domain object has not been persisted. The value returned
     * from this method must be a simple type (e.g. Integer, String) or a domain
     * type for which a mapping to an EntityProxy or Value proxy exists.
     * <p>
     * The values returned from this method may be passed to
     * {@link #loadDomainObject(Class, Object)} in the future.
     *
     * @param domainObject a domain object
     * @return the persistent id of the domain object or {@code null} if the
     *         object is not persistent
     */
    public abstract Object getId(Object domainObject);

    /**
     * Returns the type of object the domain type's {@code findFoo()} or
     * {@link com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.Locator#getId(Object)
     * Locator.getId()} expects to receive.
     *
     * @param domainType a domain entity type
     * @return the type of the persistent id value used to represent the domain
     *         type
     */
    public abstract Class<?> getIdType(Class<?> domainType);

    /**
     * Retrieve the named property from the domain object.
     *
     * @param domainObject the domain object being examined
     * @param property the property name
     * @return the value of the property
     */
    public abstract Object getProperty(Object domainObject, String property);

    /**
     * Compute the return type for a method declared in a RequestContext by
     * analyzing the generic method declaration.
     */
    public abstract Type getRequestReturnType(Method contextMethod);

    /**
     * Determine the method to invoke when setting the given property.
     *
     * @param domainType a domain entity type
     * @param property the name of the property to be set
     * @return the Method that should be invoked to set the property or
     *         {@code null} if the method could not be located
     */
    public abstract Method getSetter(Class<?> domainType, String property);

    /**
     * May return {@code null} to indicate that the domain object has not been
     * persisted. The value returned from this method must be a simple type (e.g.
     * Integer, String) or a domain type for which a mapping to an EntityProxy or
     * Value proxy exists.
     *
     * @param domainObject a domain object
     * @return the version of the domain object or {@code null} if the object is
     *         not persistent
     */
    public abstract Object getVersion(Object domainObject);

    /**
     * Invoke a domain service method. The underlying eventually calls
     * {@link Method#invoke(Object, Object...)}.
     *
     * @param domainMethod the method to invoke
     * @param args the arguments to pass to the method
     * @return the value returned from the method invocation
     */
    public abstract Object invoke(Method domainMethod, Object... args);

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if the given domain object is still live (i.e. not
     * deleted) in the backing store.
     *
     * @param domainObject a domain entity
     * @return {@code true} if {@code domainObject} could be retrieved at a later
     *         point in time
     */
    public abstract boolean isLive(Object domainObject);

    /**
     * Load an object from the backing store. This method may return {@code null}
     * to indicate that the requested object is no longer available.
     *
     * @param <T> the type of object to load
     * @param clazz the type of object to load
     * @param domainId an id previously returned from {@link #getId(Object)}
     * @return the requested object or {@code null} if it is irretrievable
     */
    public abstract <T> T loadDomainObject(Class<T> clazz, Object domainId);

    /**
     * Load multiple objects from the backing store. This method is intended to
     * allow more efficient access to the backing store by providing all objects
     * referenced in an incoming payload.
     * <p>
     * The default implementation of this method will delegate to
     * {@link #loadDomainObject(Class, Object)}.
     *
     * @param classes type type of each object to load
     * @param domainIds the ids previously returned from {@link #getId(Object)}
     * @return the requested objects, elements of which may be {@code null} if the
     *         requested objects were irretrievable
     */
    public abstract List<Object> loadDomainObjects(List<Class<?>> classes, List<Object> domainIds);

    /**
     * Determines if the invocation of a domain method requires a
     * {@link ServiceLocator} as the 0th parameter when passed into
     * {@link #invoke(Method, Object...)}.
     *
     * @param contextMethod a method defined in a RequestContext
     * @param domainMethod a domain method
     * @return {@code true} if a ServiceLocator is required
     */
    public abstract boolean requiresServiceLocator(Method contextMethod, Method domainMethod);

    /**
     * Given a type token previously returned from
     * {@link #resolveTypeToken(Class)}, return the Class literal associated with
     * the token.
     *
     * @param typeToken a string token
     * @return the type represented by the token
     */
    public abstract Class<? extends BaseProxy> resolveClass(String typeToken);

    /**
     * Determine the type used by the client code to represent a given domain
     * type. If multiple proxy types have been mapped to the same domain type, the
     * {@code clientType} parameter is used to ensure assignability.
     *
     * @param domainClass the server-side type to be transported to the client
     * @param clientType the type to which the returned type must be assignable
     * @param required if {@code true} and no mapping is available, throw an
     *          {@link UnexpectedException}, othrewise the method will return
     *          {@code null}
     * @return a class that represents {@code domainClass} on the client which is
     *         assignable to {@code clientType}
     */
    public abstract <T> Class<? extends T> resolveClientType(Class<?> domainClass, Class<T> clientType,
            boolean required);

    /**
     * Determine the domain (server-side) type that the given client type is
     * mapped to.
     *
     * @param clientType a client-side type
     * @return the domain type that {@code clientType} represents
     */
    public abstract Class<?> resolveDomainClass(Class<?> clientType);

    /**
     * Return the domain service method associated with a RequestContext method
     * declaration. The {@code requestContextMethod} will have been previously
     * resolved by {@link #resolveRequestContextMethod(String, String)}.
     *
     * @param requestContextMethod a RequestContext method declaration.
     * @return the domain service method that should be invoked
     */
    public abstract Method resolveDomainMethod(Method requestContextMethod);

    /**
     * Return the type of {@link Locator} that should be used to access the given
     * domain type.
     *
     * @param domainType a domain (server-side) type
     * @return the type of Locator to use, or {@code null} if the type conforms to
     *         the RequestFactory entity protocol
     */
    public abstract Class<? extends Locator<?, ?>> resolveLocator(Class<?> domainType);

    /**
     * Find a RequestContext method declaration by name.
     *
     * @param requestContextClass the fully-qualified binary name of the
     *          RequestContext
     * @param methodName the name of the service method declared within the
     *          RequestContext
     * @return the method declaration, or {@code null} if the method does not
     *         exist
     */
    public abstract Method resolveRequestContextMethod(String requestContextClass, String methodName);

    /**
     * Given a {@link RequestContext} method, find the service class referenced in
     * the {@link Service} or {@link ServiceName} annotation.
     *
     * @param requestContextClass a RequestContext interface
     * @return the type of service to use
     */
    public abstract Class<?> resolveServiceClass(Class<? extends RequestContext> requestContextClass);

    /**
     * Given a RequestContext method declaration, resolve the
     * {@link ServiceLocator} that should be used when invoking the domain method.
     * This method will only be called if {@link #requiresServiceLocator(Method)}
     * returned {@code true} for the associated domain method.
     *
     * @param contextMethod a RequestContext method declaration
     * @param domainMethod the domain method that will be invoked
     * @return the type of ServiceLocator to use
     */
    public abstract Class<? extends ServiceLocator> resolveServiceLocator(Method contextMethod,
            Method domainMethod);

    /**
     * Return a string used to represent the given type in the wire protocol.
     *
     * @param proxyType a client-side EntityProxy or ValueProxy type
     * @return the type token used to represent the proxy type
     */
    public abstract String resolveTypeToken(Class<? extends BaseProxy> proxyType);

    /**
     * Sets a property on a domain object.
     *
     * @param domainObject the domain object to operate on
     * @param property the name of the property to set
     * @param expectedType the type of the property
     * @param value the new value
     */
    public abstract void setProperty(Object domainObject, String property, Class<?> expectedType, Object value);

    /**
     * Invoke a JSR 303 validator on the given domain object. If no validator is
     * available, this method is a no-op.
     *
     * @param <T> the type of data being validated
     * @param domainObject the domain objcet to validate
     * @return the violations associated with the domain object
     */
    public abstract <T> Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validate(T domainObject);
}