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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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  *

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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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 package org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.type;

 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.Inactivatable;

 import java.util.List;

 public interface KrmsTypeDefinitionContract extends Identifiable, Inactivatable, Versioned {

         /**

          * This is the name for the KRMSType 

          *

          * <p>

          * It is a name of a KRMS type.

          * </p>

          * @return name for KRMS type.

          */

         public String getName();

         /**

          * This is the namespace code. 

          *

          * <p>

          * It provides scope of the KRMS type.

          * </p>

          * @return the namespace code of the KRMS type.

          */

         public String getNamespace();

         /**

          * This is the name of the KRMS KrmsType service

          * 

          * @return the service name of the KRMS type

          */

         public String getServiceName();

         /**

          * This method returns a list of attributes associated with the 

          * KrmsType

          * 

          * @return a list of KrmsTypeAttribute objects.

          */

         public List<? extends KrmsTypeAttributeContract> getAttributes();

 }