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  * Copyright 2005-2011 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

  *

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

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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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 package org.kuali.rice.kim.api.group;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.membership.MemberType;

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

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;

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

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.InactivatableFromTo;

 public interface GroupMemberContract extends Versioned, GloballyUnique, InactivatableFromTo, Identifiable {

     /**

      * This is the id for the Group.

      *

      * <p>

      * This is a id assigned to a Group.  It defines the group this group member belongs to.

      * </p>

      *

      * @return groupId

      */

     String getGroupId();

     /**

      * This is the member id for the Group Member.

      *

      * <p>

      * This is a id value that defines the Group Member.  This value is either a Principal Id or Group Id

      * depending on the type code

      * </p>

      *

      * @return memberId

      */

     String getMemberId();

     /**

      * This is the type code for the Group Member.

      *

      * <p>

      * This is a value that defines the type of Group Member.  This value determines whether memberId is

      * either a Principal Id or Group Id

      * </p>

      *

      * @return typeCode

      */

     MemberType getType();

 }