/**

  * 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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  *

  * 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.krms.api.repository.category;

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

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

 /**

  * Defines the category definition.

  */

 public interface CategoryDefinitionContract extends Identifiable, Versioned {

     /**

      * Returns the name of the category definition.  The combination of name and namespaceCode

      * represent a unique business key for the category definition.  The name should never be

      * null or blank.

      *

      * @return the name of the category definition, should never be null or blank

      */

     String getName();

     /**

      * Returns the namespace of the category definition.  The combination of

      * namespace and name represent a unique business key for the category

      * definition.  The namespace should never be null or blank.

      *

      * @return the namespace of the category definition, should never be null or blank

      */

     String getNamespace();

 }