java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/restapi/RestCollection.java


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// Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
//
// 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
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

package com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi;

import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicMap;

/**
 * A collection of resources accessible through a REST API.
 *
 * <p>To build a collection declare a resource, the map in a module, and the collection itself
 * accepting the map:
 *
 * <pre>
 * public class MyResource implements RestResource {
 *   public static final TypeLiteral&lt;RestView&lt;MyResource&gt;&gt; MY_KIND =
 *       new TypeLiteral&lt;RestView&lt;MyResource&gt;&gt;() {};
 * }
 *
 * public class MyModule extends AbstractModule {
 *   &#064;Override
 *   protected void configure() {
 *     DynamicMap.mapOf(binder(), MyResource.MY_KIND);
 *
 *     get(MyResource.MY_KIND, &quot;action&quot;).to(MyAction.class);
 *   }
 * }
 *
 * public class MyCollection extends RestCollection&lt;TopLevelResource, MyResource&gt; {
 *   private final DynamicMap&lt;RestView&lt;MyResource&gt;&gt; views;
 *
 *   &#064;Inject
 *   MyCollection(DynamicMap&lt;RestView&lt;MyResource&gt;&gt; views) {
 *     this.views = views;
 *   }
 *
 *   public DynamicMap&lt;RestView&lt;MyResource&gt;&gt; views() {
 *     return views;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>To build a nested collection, implement {@link ChildCollection}.
 *
 * @param <P> type of the parent resource. For a top level collection this should always be {@link
 *     TopLevelResource}.
 * @param <R> type of resource operated on by each view.
 */
public interface RestCollection<P extends RestResource, R extends RestResource> {
  /**
   * Create a view to list the contents of the collection.
   *
   * <p>The returned view should accept the parent type to scope the search, and may want to take a
   * "q" parameter option to narrow the results.
   *
   * @return view to list the collection.
   * @throws ResourceNotFoundException if the collection doesn't support listing.
   * @throws AuthException if the collection requires authentication.
   * @throws RestApiException if the collection cannot be listed.
   */
  RestView<P> list() throws RestApiException;

  /**
   * Parse a path component into a resource handle.
   *
   * @param parent the handle to the collection.
   * @param id string identifier supplied by the client. In a URL such as {@code
   *     /changes/1234/abandon} this string is {@code "1234"}.
   * @return a resource handle for the identified object.
   * @throws ResourceNotFoundException the object does not exist, or the caller is not permitted to
   *     know if the resource exists.
   * @throws Exception if the implementation had any errors converting to a resource handle. This
   *     results in an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error.
   */
  R parse(P parent, IdString id) throws ResourceNotFoundException, Exception;

  /**
   * Get the views that support this collection.
   *
   * <p>Within a resource the views are accessed as {@code RESOURCE/plugin~view}.
   *
   * @return map of views.
   */
  DynamicMap<RestView<R>> views();
}