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## container.py
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## Started on  Thu Jan 20 04:33:18 2011 Uli Fouquet
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"""
Containers for student applications.
"""
import grok
from waeup.sirp.applications.interfaces import IApplicationContainer

class ApplicationContainer(grok.Container):
    """An application container contains student applications.
    """
    grok.implements(IApplicationContainer)

    id = None
    title = None
    description = None
    startdate = None
    enddate = None
    strict_deadline = True

    def archive(self, app_ids=None):
        """Create on-dist archive of applications stored in this term.

        If app_ids is `None`, all applications are archived.

        If app_ids contains a single id string, only the respective
        applications are archived.

        If app_ids contains a list of id strings all of the respective
        application types are saved to disk.
        """
        raise NotImplemented()

    def clear(self, app_ids=None, archive=True):
        """Remove applications of type given by 'id'.

        Optionally archive the applications.
        
        If id is `None`, all applications are archived.

        If id contains a single id string, only the respective
        applications are archived.

        If id contains a list of id strings all of the respective
        application types are saved to disk.

        If `archive` is ``False`` none of the archive-handling is done
        and respective applications are simply removed from the
        database.
        """
        raise NotImplemented()