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# Copyright (C) 2015-2017 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This file is part of GNU Mailman.
#
# GNU Mailman is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
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# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
# more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
# GNU Mailman.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

"""Interfaces describing the a workflow, it's state and it's state manager."""

from public import public
from zope.interface import Attribute, Interface


@public
class IWorkflowState(Interface):
    """The state of a workflow."""

    token = Attribute('A unique key identifying the workflow instance.')

    steps = Attribute("This workflow's next steps.")

    data = Attribute('Additional data (may be JSON-encoded).')


@public
class IWorkflowStateManager(Interface):
    """The workflow states manager."""

    def save(token, steps, data=None):
        """Save the state of a workflow.

        :param token: A unique token identifying this workflow instance.
        :type token: str
        :param steps: The next steps for this workflow.
        :type steps: str
        :param data: Additional data (workflow-specific).
        :type data: str
        """

    def restore(token):
        """Get the saved state for a workflow or None if nothing was saved.

        :param token: A unique token identifying this workflow instance.
        :type token: str
        :return: The saved state associated with this name/token pair, or None
            if the pair isn't in the database.
        :rtype: ``IWorkflowState``
        """

    def discard(token):
        """Throw away the saved state for a workflow.

        :param token: A unique token identifying this workflow instance.
        :type token: str
        """

    count = Attribute('The number of saved workflows in the database.')


@public
class IWorkflow(Interface):
    """A workflow."""

    name = Attribute('The name of the workflow, must be unique.')
    description = Attribute('A brief description of the workflow.')
    initial_state = Attribute('The state in which the workflow starts.')
    save_attributes = Attribute('The sequence of attributes of the workflow, '
                                'which are saved.')

    def __iter__():
        """Return an iterator over the steps."""

    def __next__():
        """Run the next step from the queue.

        :return: The result of the step run.
        """

    def push(step):
        """Push a step to this workflows queue."""

    def run_thru(stop_after):
        """Run the state machine through and including the given step.

        :param stop_after: Name of method, sans prefix to run the
            state machine through.  In other words, the state machine runs
            until the named method completes.
        """

    def run_until(stop_before):
        """Run the state machine until (not including) the given step.

        :param stop_before: Name of method, sans prefix that the
            state machine is run until the method is reached.  Unlike
            `run_thru()` the named method is not run.
        """

    def save():
        """Save the workflow in it's current state.

        Needs to have the `token` attribute set.
        """

    def restore():
        """Restore the workflow from the database.

        Needs to have the `token` attribute set.
        """


@public
class ISubscriptionWorkflow(IWorkflow):
    """A workflow used for subscription."""


@public
class IUnsubscriptionWorkflow(IWorkflow):
    """A workflow used for unsubscription."""