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## interfaces.py
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"""Interfaces regarding student applications and related components.
"""
from zope import schema
from waeup.sirp.interfaces import IWAeUPObject

class IApplicationsRoot(IWAeUPObject):
    """A container for student application containers.
    """
    def addApplicationContainer(container, name=None):
        """Add an application container.

        Adds an application container that implements `interface`
        under the name `name`.

        `container` the container instance to be added. Should
          implement :class:`IApplicationContainer`.

        `name`
          the name under which the container will be accessible. We
          usually use names like ``pume_2011`` to indicate, that the
          new container will contain student applications for a
          certain screening type (``pume``) and of the year 2011.
        """

class IApplicationContainer(IWAeUPObject):
    """An application container contains student applications.

    """
    id = schema.TextLine(
        title = u'Internal ID',
        required = True,
        )

    title = schema.TextLine(
        title = u'Short description of the type of applications stored here.',
        required = True,
        default = u'Untitled',
        )
    
    description = schema.Text(
        title = u'Human readable description in reST format',
        required = False,
        default = u'Not set.'
        )

    startdate = schema.Date(
        title = u'Date when the application period starts',
        required = False,
        default = None,
        )

    enddate = schema.Date(
        title = u'Date when the application period ends',
        required = False,
        default = None,
        )

    strict_deadline = schema.Bool(
        title = u'Forbid additions after deadline (enddate)',
        required = True,
        default = True,
        )

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

        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.
        """

    def clear(id=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.
        """