Coverage Report - org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.DataDictionaryEntry
 
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DataDictionaryEntry
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 /*
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  * Copyright 2005-2007 The Kuali Foundation
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  * 
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  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  * 
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  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
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  * 
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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  * limitations under the License.
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  */
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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary;
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 import java.util.List;
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 /**
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  * Defines methods common to all DataDictionaryDefinition types.
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  * 
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  *     DD: The highest level objects in the data dictionary are of
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         the following types:
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         * BusinessObjectEntry
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         * MaintenanceDocumentEntry
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         * TransactionalDocumentEntry
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     JSTL: The data dictionary is exposed as a Map which is accessed
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     by referring to the "DataDictionary" global constant.  This Map contains
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     the following kinds of entries keyed as indicated:
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         * Business Object Entries -
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             Key = businessObjectClass name
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             Value = Map created by BusinessObjectEntryMapper
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         * Maintenance Document entries -
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             Key = DocumentType name
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             Value = Map created by MaintenanceObjectEntryMapper
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         * Transactional Document entries -
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             Key = DocumentType name
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             Value = Map created by TransactionalDocumentEntryMapper
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     All elements are exposed to JSTL as Maps (where the element has a
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     unique key by which they can be retrieved), or Strings.  For collections
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     of elements having no unique key, the entry's position in the list
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     (0, 1, etc.) is used as its index.
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     All Maps (except the top-level DataDictionary one) are guaranteed to
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     present their entries with an iteration order identical to the order
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     in which the elements were defined in XML.
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  */
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 public interface DataDictionaryEntry {
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     /**
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      * @return String used as a globally-unique key for this entry's jstl-exported version
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      */
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     public String getJstlKey();
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     /**
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      * Kicks off complete entry-wide validation which couldn't be done earlier.
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      * 
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      * @throws org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.exception.CompletionException if a problem arises during validation-completion
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      */
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     public void completeValidation();
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     /**
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      * @param attributeName
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      * @return AttributeDefinition with the given name, or null if none with that name exists
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      */
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     public AttributeDefinition getAttributeDefinition(String attributeName);
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     /**
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      * Returns the full class name of the underlying object.
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      */
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     public String getFullClassName();
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     /**
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      * @return a Map containing all RelationshipDefinitions associated with this BusinessObjectEntry, indexed by relationshipName
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      */
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     public List<RelationshipDefinition> getRelationships();
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 }