---
title: clsOutcomeManager
summary: API reference for clsOutcomeManager.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Claims BOF team
last_reviewed: 2026-08-21
library: SAIF.Application.Claim.Legal
reference_type: embedded
---

# clsOutcomeManager

`clsOutcomeManager` maintains case outcome, issue, and staff records and drives the case-close workflow, including appeal-level code lookups used to classify how a case's appeals concluded. It declares the nested `clsCodeList` DTO used to populate its Win/Loss outcome list. It inherits `LegalManagerBase` (this library) → `ClaimAppManager` (`SAIF.Application.Claim`).

## Purpose
- Maintain case outcome, issue, and staff records for the current legal case.
- Drive the case-close workflow, transitioning a case to a closed state once outcome data is complete.
- Provide appeal-level code lookups (Win/Loss outcomes) used to classify appeal results, backed by the nested `clsCodeList` DTO.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Application.Claim.Legal`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Application.Claim.Legal.dll` (embedded library, referenced by the `Legal` web front end)

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `New(inDatabase, inSecurityPrincipal)` | `Public Sub New(inDatabase As String, inSecurityPrincipal As clsSecurityPrincipal)` | Constructs the manager for the given database context and authenticated principal, calling into `LegalManagerBase.New`. |
| `OutcomeCol` | `Public ReadOnly Property OutcomeCol As clsCaseOutcomeCollection`* | Exposes the case outcome/issue/staff collection for the current legal case. |
| `CloseCase()` | `Public Sub CloseCase()`* | Runs the case-close workflow, transitioning the current case to a closed state once outcome data is complete. |
| `OrderTypeCodeList` | `Public ReadOnly Property OrderTypeCodeList As List(Of clsCodeList)`* | Exposes the Win/Loss appeal-outcome code list, backed by the nested `clsCodeList` DTO, for classifying appeal results. |

## Behavioral notes
- `clsOutcomeManager.vb` contains a commented-out filter comment on `OrderTypeCodeList` and disabled task-generation code blocks; these were excluded from findings as non-executable*.
- The case-close workflow is a terminal state transition for the case; subsequent edits after close may be restricted by business-layer validation not traced in this library**.

## Constraints and usage notes
- The nested `clsCodeList` type is scoped to this manager's Win/Loss list use case; see [clsCodeList](clsCodeList.md) for its own reference page.

> **Note:** Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or
> contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements
> marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- `SAIF.Application.Claim.Legal\LegalNet\clsOutcomeManager.vb`