root/org.nuxeo.ecm.core/trunk/nuxeo-core/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/LifeCycleService.xml

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<component name="org.nuxeo.ecm.core.lifecycle.LifeCycleService">

  <documentation>
      Service that deals with life cycle.

      @version 1.0
      @author <a href="mailto:ja@nuxeo.com">Julien Anguenot</a>
  </documentation>

  <implementation class="org.nuxeo.ecm.core.lifecycle.impl.LifeCycleServiceImpl"/>

  <extension-point name="lifecycle">

   <documentation>
      Extension point for registering life cycle definition.

      <p/>

      A life cycle is a state-transition model described as an XML document.

      <p/>

      A life cycle within Nuxeo Core describes only the states and the transitions
      without any security policy whatsoever. For instance, the workflow service
      (or BPM service) will be responsible of the security policy and actors
      involved.

   </documentation>

   <object class="org.nuxeo.ecm.core.lifecycle.extensions.LifeCycleDescriptor"/>

  </extension-point>

  <extension-point name="lifecyclemanager">

    <documentation>
    Extension point for registering life cycle manager.

    <p/>

    Life cycle manager are responsible of the life cycle properties storage and
    are bound to a life cycle.

    <p/>

    Nuxeo core default life cycle manager is a JCR life cycle manager. It means
    the life cycle properties for a given document will be stored in the JCR
    along with the other document properties. You may define another type of
    life cycle manager such as an SQL life cycle manager that would store the
    life  cycle properties in a SQL DB aside the JCR.

    <p/>

    The life cycle properties are :

      <ul>
        <li><i>currentLifeCycleState</i> : the current life cycle state</li>
        <li><i>lifeCyclePolicy</i> : the life cycle policy applied</li>
      </ul>

    </documentation>

    <object class="org.nuxeo.ecm.core.lifecycle.extensions.LifeCycleManagerDescriptor"/>

  </extension-point>

  <extension-point name="types">

    <documentation>
    Extension point for registering document type to life cycle mappings.

    <p/>
    For instance, you can specify that a documen type <i>File</i> will follow a
    <i>default</i> life cycle where <i>default</i> is the name of a registered
    life cycle.

    </documentation>

    <object class="org.nuxeo.ecm.core.lifecycle.extensions.LifeCycleTypesDescriptor"/>

  </extension-point>

</component>