001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2012 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
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009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation.constraint.resolver;
017    
018    import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation.capability.Constrainable;
019    import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation.constraint.Constraint;
020    
021    import java.util.List;
022    
023    /**
024     * An interface that provides a lookup of constraints for a specific constrainable attribute definition. Implemented by constraint
025     * providers as a mechanism to store functional lookups in a map, keyed by constraint type, for example. 
026     * 
027     * {@see AttributeDefinitionConstraintProvider} for a number of examples. 
028     * 
029     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
030     * @param <T>
031     * @since 1.1
032     */
033    public interface ConstraintResolver<T extends Constrainable> {
034            
035            public <C extends Constraint> List<C> resolve(T definition);
036            
037    }