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product/ERP5/interfaces/business_link.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Nexedi SA and Contributors. All Rights Reserved.
+#                    Jean-Paul Smets-Solanes <jp@nexedi.com>
+#
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+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
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+##############################################################################
+"""
+Products.ERP5.interfaces.business_link
+"""
+
+from zope.interface import Interface
+
+class IBusinessLink(Interface):
+  """Business Link interface specification
+
+  IBusinessLink provides a method to calculate the completion
+  date of existing movements based on business link properties.
+  It also provides methods to determine whether all related simulation
+  movements related to a given explanation are completed, partially
+  completed or frozen. Finally, it provides a method to invoke
+  delivery builders for all movements related to a given explanation.
+  """
+
+  def getDeliveryBuilderValueList():
+    """Return the list of delivery builders to invoke with
+    this Business Link.
+
+    NOTE: redundant with PropertySheet definition
+    """
+
+  def getMovementCompletionDate(movement):
+    """Returns the date of completion of the movemnet 
+    based on parameters of the business link. This completion date can be
+    the start date, the stop date, the date of a given workflow transition
+    on the explaining delivery, etc.
+
+    movement -- a Simulation Movement
+    """
+  
+  def getCompletionDate(explanation):
+    """Returns the date of completion of business link in the
+    context of the explanation. The completion date of the Business 
+    Path is the max date of all simulation movements which are
+    related to the Business Link and which are part of the explanation.
+
+    explanation -- the Order, Order Line, Delivery or Delivery Line which
+                   implicitely defines a simulation subtree and a union 
+                   business process.
+    """
+
+  def isCompleted(explanation):
+    """returns True if all related simulation movements for this explanation
+    document are in a simulation state which is considered as completed
+    according to the configuration of the current business link.
+    Completed means that it is possible to move to next step
+    of Business Process. This method does not check however whether previous
+    trade states of a given business process are completed or not.
+    Use instead IBusinessLinkProcess.isBusinessLinkCompleted for this purpose.
+
+    explanation -- the Order, Order Line, Delivery or Delivery Line which
+                   implicitely defines a simulation subtree and a union 
+                   business process.
+
+    NOTE: simulation movements can be completed (ex. in 'started' state) but
+    not yet frozen (ex. in 'delivered' state).
+    """
+
+  def isPartiallyCompleted(explanation):
+    """returns True if some related simulation movements for this explanation
+    document are in a simulation state which is considered as completed
+    according to the configuration of the current business link.
+    Completed means that it is possible to move to next step
+    of Business Process. This method does not check however whether previous
+    trade states of a given business process are completed or not.
+    Use instead IBusinessLinkProcess.isBusinessLinkCompleted for this purpose.
+
+    explanation -- the Order, Order Line, Delivery or Delivery Line which
+                   implicitely defines a simulation subtree and a union 
+                   business process.
+    """
+
+  def isFrozen(explanation):
+    """returns True if all related simulation movements for this explanation
+    document are in a simulation state which is considered as frozen
+    according to the configuration of the current business link.
+    Frozen means that simulation movement cannot be modified.
+    This method does not check however whether previous
+    trade states of a given business process are completed or not.
+    Use instead IBusinessLinkProcess.isBusinessLinkCompleted for this purpose.
+
+    explanation -- the Order, Order Line, Delivery or Delivery Line which
+                   implicitely defines a simulation subtree and a union 
+                   business process.
+
+    NOTE: simulation movements can be frozen (ex. in 'stopped' state) but
+    not yet completed (ex. in 'delivered' state).
+    """
+
+  def isDelivered(explanation):
+    """Returns True is all simulation movements related to this
+    Business Link in the context of given explanation are built
+    and related to a delivery through the 'delivery' category.
+
+    explanation -- the Order, Order Line, Delivery or Delivery Line which
+                   implicitely defines a simulation subtree and a union 
+                   business process.
+    """
+
+  def build(explanation):
+    """Builds all related movements in the simulation using the builders
+    defined on the Business Link
+
+    explanation -- the Order, Order Line, Delivery or Delivery Line which
+                   implicitely defines a simulation subtree and a union 
+                   business process.
+    """
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