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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

  *

  * 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,

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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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 package org.kuali.rice.krms.impl.repository;

 import java.util.List;

 import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.term.TermDefinition;

 import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.term.TermResolverDefinition;

 import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.term.TermSpecificationDefinition;

 /**

  * BO service for terms and related entities

  * 

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

  *

  */

 public interface TermBoService {

         // TODO: javadocs

         TermSpecificationDefinition getTermSpecificationById(String id);

         TermSpecificationDefinition createTermSpecification(TermSpecificationDefinition termSpec);

         TermDefinition getTermById(String id);

         TermDefinition createTermDefinition(TermDefinition termDef);

         TermResolverDefinition getTermResolverById(String id);

         List<TermResolverDefinition> getTermResolversByNamespace(String namespace);

         TermResolverDefinition createTermResolver(TermResolverDefinition termResolver);

 }