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package org.drools.process.core;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.drools.io.Resource;

public interface Process extends org.drools.definition.process.Process, ContextContainer {

    /**
     * Sets the id of this process.
     * The id should uniquely identify this process.
     * @param id the id of the process
     */
    void setId(String id);

    /**
     * Sets the name of this process.
     * @param name the name of this process
     */
    void setName(String name);

    /**
     * Sets the version of this process.
     * @param version the version of this process
     */
    void setVersion(String version);

    /**
     * Sets the type of this process.
     * @param type the type of this process
     */
    void setType(String type);

    void setResource(Resource resource);
    
    Resource getResource();
    
    /**
     * Sets the package name of this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @param packageName   the package name of this RuleFlow process
     */
    void setPackageName(String packageName);
    
    void setMetaData(String name, Object value);

    /**
     * Returns the imports of this RuleFlow process.
     * They are defined as a List of fully qualified class names.
     * 
     * @return  the imports of this RuleFlow process
     */
    List<String> getImports();
    
    /**
     * Sets the imports of this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @param imports  the imports as a List of fully qualified class names
     */
    void setImports(List<String> imports);
    
    /**
     * Returns the function imports of this RuleFlow process.
     * They are defined as a List of fully qualified class names.
     * 
     * @return  the function imports of this RuleFlow process
     */
     List<String> getFunctionImports();             


      /** 
       * Sets the imports of this RuleFlow process
       * 
       * @param imports   the imports as a List of fully qualified class names
       */
     void setFunctionImports(List<String> functionImports);      

    /**
     * Returns the globals of this RuleFlow process.
     * They are defined as a Map with the name as key and the type as value.
     * 
     * @return  the imports of this RuleFlow process
     */
    Map<String, String> getGlobals();
    
    /**
     * Sets the imports of this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @param imports  the globals as a Map with the name as key and the type as value
     */
    void setGlobals(Map<String, String> globals);

    /**
     * Returns the names of the globals used in this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @return  the names of the globals of this RuleFlow process
     */
    String[] getGlobalNames();
    
}