/**
 * Copyright (c) 2003-2005 , David A. Czarnecki
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 2003-2005  by Mark Lussier
 *
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 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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 * Neither the name of the "David A. Czarnecki" and "blojsom" nor the names of
 * its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
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 * nor may "blojsom" appear in their name, without prior written permission of
 * David A. Czarnecki.
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 */
package org.blojsom.plugin;

import org.blojsom.blog.BlogEntry;
import org.blojsom.blog.BlogUser;
import org.blojsom.blog.BlojsomConfiguration;

import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * BlojsomPlugin
 *
 * @author David Czarnecki
 * @version $Id: BlojsomPlugin.java,v 1.2.2.1 2005/07/21 14:11:03 johnan Exp $
 */
public interface BlojsomPlugin {

    /**
     * Initialize this plugin. This method only called when the plugin is instantiated.
     *
     * @param servletConfig Servlet config object for the plugin to retrieve any initialization parameters
     * @param blojsomConfiguration {@link BlojsomConfiguration} information
     * @throws BlojsomPluginException If there is an error initializing the plugin
     */
    public void init(ServletConfig servletConfig, BlojsomConfiguration blojsomConfiguration) throws BlojsomPluginException;

    /**
     * Process the blog entries
     *
     * @param httpServletRequest Request
     * @param httpServletResponse Response
     * @param user {@link BlogUser} instance
     * @param context Context
     * @param entries Blog entries retrieved for the particular request
     * @return Modified set of blog entries
     * @throws BlojsomPluginException If there is an error processing the blog entries
     */
    public BlogEntry[] process(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest,
                               HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse,
                               BlogUser user,
                               Map context,
                               BlogEntry[] entries) throws BlojsomPluginException;

    /**
     * Perform any cleanup for the plugin. Called after {@link #process}.
     *
     * @throws BlojsomPluginException If there is an error performing cleanup for this plugin
     */
    public void cleanup() throws BlojsomPluginException;

    /**
     * Called when BlojsomServlet is taken out of service
     *
     * @throws BlojsomPluginException If there is an error in finalizing this plugin
     */
    public void destroy() throws BlojsomPluginException;
}