/**

  * 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,

  * 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.kim.api.common.attribute;

 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.kim.api.type.KimTypeContract;

 /**

  * This is the contract for a KimDataAttribute.  A KimDataAttribute

  * associates a value with a kim attribute.

  */

 public interface KimAttributeDataContract extends Identifiable, Versioned, GloballyUnique {

     /**

      * The id of the object this AttributeData is associated with.  For

      * example:  this could be a permissionId, roleId, groupId, or

      * responsibilityId.

      *

      * @return the id

      */

     String getAssignedToId();

     /**

      * The attribute value.  This can be null or blank.

      *

      * @return the attribute value.

      */

         String getAttributeValue();

     /**

      * The kim attribute associated with the kim attribute data.  This can be null if no KimAttributes are associated.

      *

      * @return the kim attribute

      */

         KimAttributeContract getKimAttribute();

     /**

      * The kim type id associated with the kim attribute data.  This can be null if no kim types are associated.

      *

      * @return the kim type id

      */

     String getKimTypeId();

     /**

      * The kim type associated with the kim attribute data.  This can be null if no kim types are associated.

      *

      * @return the kim type

      */

     KimTypeContract getKimType();

 }