001/** 002 * Copyright 2010-2014 The Kuali Foundation 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016package org.kuali.common.util.equality; 017 018public interface Equatable { 019 020 /** 021 * <p> 022 * Return all values that participate in equals() and hashCode(). 023 * </p> 024 * <p> 025 * The array can contain null elements but the array itself cannot be null 026 * </p> 027 */ 028 Object[] getEqualityValues(); 029 030}