LifeCycle (Automatiko Engine :: API :: Public API 0.1.0 API)

Type Parameters:

T - defines the type of data managed through this life cycle
```
public interface LifeCycle<T>
```
Complete life cycle that can be applied to work items. It defines set of phases and allow to get access to each of them by id.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`data(WorkItem workItem)`	Returns current data set for given work item
`LifeCyclePhase`	`phaseById(String phaseId)`	Returns phase by its id if exists.
`Collection<LifeCyclePhase>`	`phases()`	Returns all phases associated with this life cycle
`T`	`transitionTo(WorkItem workItem, WorkItemManager manager, Transition<T> transition)`	Perform actual transition to the target phase defined via given transition

- Method Detail
  - phaseById
```
LifeCyclePhase phaseById(String phaseId)
```
    Returns phase by its id if exists.
    
    Parameters:
    
    phaseId - phase id to be used for look up
    
    Returns:
    
    life cycle phase if exists otherwise null
  - phases
```
Collection<LifeCyclePhase> phases()
```
    Returns all phases associated with this life cycle
    
    Returns:
    
    list of phases
  - transitionTo
```
T transitionTo(WorkItem workItem,
               WorkItemManager manager,
               Transition<T> transition)
```
    Perform actual transition to the target phase defined via given transition
    
    Parameters:
    
    workItem - work item that is being transitioned
    
    manager - work item manager for given work item
    
    transition - actual transition
    
    Returns:
    
    returns work item data after the transition
  - data
```
T data(WorkItem workItem)
```
    Returns current data set for given work item
    
    Parameters:
    
    workItem - work item to get the data for
    
    Returns:
    
    current data set