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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.exception.AttributeValidationException;

 /**

  *  A complex attribute definition in the DataDictictionary. This can be be used to define 

  *  an attribute for a DataObjectEntry's attribute list which is represented by another

  *  object entry definition. It will 

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public class ComplexAttributeDefinition extends AttributeDefinitionBase{

         protected DataDictionaryEntry dataObjectEntry;

         /**

          * @return the dataObjectEntry

          */

         public DataDictionaryEntry getDataObjectEntry() {

                 return this.dataObjectEntry;

         }

         /**

          * @param dataObjectEntry the dataObjectEntry to set

          */

         public void setDataObjectEntry(DataDictionaryEntry dataObjectEntry) {

                 this.dataObjectEntry = dataObjectEntry;

         }

         /**

          * @see org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.DataDictionaryDefinition#completeValidation(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class)

          */

         @Override

         public void completeValidation(Class<?> rootObjectClass, Class<?> otherObjectClass) {

                 if (getDataObjectEntry() == null){

                         throw new AttributeValidationException("complex property '" + getName() + "' in class '"

                                         + rootObjectClass.getName() + " does not have a dataObjectClass defined");

                 }

         }

 }