1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2011 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.rice.location.api.country;
17
18 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Coded;
19 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
20 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;
21
22 /**
23 * Contract for a Country. Country is a basic abstraction over a Country, encapsulating its name, country code,
24 * postal code, and if its restricted or not
25 *
26 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
27 */
28 public interface CountryContract extends Versioned, Inactivatable, Coded {
29
30 /**
31 * {@inheritDoc}
32 *
33 * An abbreviated String representing the unique identifying code for a given country. This code correlates
34 * directly to the alpha-2 country codes from the ISO-3166-1-alpha-2 standard.
35 * <p>This property is required to exist.</p>
36 */
37 @Override
38 String getCode();
39
40 /**
41 * An alternative country code to represent a country. This code correlats directly to the alpha-3 codes
42 * from the ISO_3166-1-alpha-3 standard.
43 * <p>This property is optional</p>
44 *
45 * @return The alternate country code if it exists. null is returned if an alternate code does not exist.
46 */
47 String getAlternateCode();
48
49 /**
50 * A full, familiar, name of a country.
51 * <p>This property is optional</p>
52 *
53 * @return The name of a country if it exists. null is returned if a full name does not exist.
54 */
55 String getName();
56
57 /**
58 * Value representing whether a country is restricted.
59 * <p>The meaning of restricted for a country varies depending upon the implementer - for instance if a country
60 * may not be used in the address of a Vendor.</p>
61 *
62 * <p>The default value of this property is false.</p>
63 *
64 * @return if a country is restricted.
65 */
66 boolean isRestricted();
67 }