ActivityAuditEventBuilder.java

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package org.forgerock.audit.events;

/**
 * Builder for audit activity events.
 * <p>
 * This builder should not be used directly but be specialized for each product to allow to define
 * new specific fields, e.g
 * <pre>
 * <code>
 * class OpenProductActivityAuditEventBuilder{@code <T extends OpenProductActivityAuditEventBuilder<T>>}
 *         extends ActivityAuditEventBuilder{@code <T>} {
 *
 *     public static {@code <T>} OpenProductActivityAuditEventBuilder{@code <?>} productActivityEvent() {
 *         return new OpenProductActivityAuditEventBuilder();
 *     }
 *
 *     public T someField(String v) {
 *         jsonValue.put("someField", v);
 *         return self();
 *     }
 *
 *    ...
 * }
 * </code>
 * </pre>
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the builder
 */
public class ActivityAuditEventBuilder<T extends ActivityAuditEventBuilder<T>> extends StateChangeAuditEventBuilder<T> {

    /**
     * Creates the builder.
     */
    protected ActivityAuditEventBuilder() {
        // Reduce visibility of the default constructor
    }

    /**
     * Starts to build an audit activity event.
     * <p>
     * Note: it is preferable to use a specialized builder that allow to add
     * fields specific to a product.
     *
     * @return an audit activity event builder
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    public static ActivityAuditEventBuilder<?> activityEvent() {
        return new ActivityAuditEventBuilder();
    }

}