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  * Copyright 2006-2011 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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 package org.kuali.rice.core.api.component;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.GloballyUnique;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.Versioned;

 /**

  * This is the contract for a Component.  This represents functional/logical piece

  * within a rice application or rice ecosystem.

  */

 public interface ComponentContract extends Versioned, GloballyUnique {

     /**

      * This is the code value for the component.  It cannot be null or a blank string.

      * @return code

      */

     String getCode();

     /**

      * This is the name value for the component.  It cannot be null or a blank string.

      * @return name

      */

     String getName();

     /**

      * This is the namespace for the component.  It cannot be null or a blank string.

      * <p>

      * It is a way of assigning the component to a logical grouping within a rice application or rice ecosystem.

      * </p>

      *

      * @return namespace code

      */

     String getNamespaceCode();

     /**

      * Whether this is a virtual or derived component.

      * @return virtual

      */

     boolean isVirtual();

     /**

      * This the active flag for the Component.

      *

      * @return active

      */

     boolean isActive();

 }