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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2005 The Kuali Foundation
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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15   */
16  package org.kuali.ole.coa.service;
17  
18  import java.util.Collection;
19  import java.util.List;
20  import java.util.Map;
21  
22  import org.kuali.ole.coa.businessobject.Chart;
23  import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.identity.Person;
24  
25  /**
26   * This interface defines methods that a Chart Service must provide
27   */
28  public interface ChartService {
29      /**
30       * Retrieves a chart object by its primary key - the chart code.
31       * 
32       * @param chartOfAccountsCode
33       * @return
34       */
35      public Chart getByPrimaryId(String chartOfAccountsCode);
36  
37      /**
38       * 
39       * This method returns the university chart
40       * @return
41       */
42      public Chart getUniversityChart();
43  
44  
45      /**
46       * Retrieves all of the charts in the system and returns them in a List.
47       * 
48       * @return A List of chart codes.
49       */
50      public List<String> getAllChartCodes();
51  
52      /**
53       * Retrieves all of the "active" charts in the system in chart code order.
54       * 
55       * @return
56       */
57      Collection<Chart> getAllActiveCharts();
58  
59      /**
60       * Retrieves a map of reportsTo relationships (e.g. A reports to B, B reports to B, C reports to A)
61       * 
62       * @return
63       */
64      public Map<String, String> getReportsToHierarchy();
65      
66      /**
67       * Returns the chart manager form KIM for the given chart code
68       * 
69       * @param chartOfAccountsCode chart code to get manager for
70       * @return chart manager <code>Person</code>
71       */
72      public Person getChartManager(String chartOfAccountsCode);
73  
74      /**
75       * This method traverses the hierarchy to see if the potentialChildChartCode reports to the potentialParentChartCode
76       * 
77       * @param potentialChildChartCode
78       * @param potentialParentChartCode
79       * @return boolean indicating whether the first parameter reports to the second
80       */
81      public boolean isParentChart(String potentialChildChartCode, String potentialParentChartCode);
82  }
83