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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary;

 /**

  * This interface provides read-only metadata about inactivation blocking.  This metadata object is associated with a business object.

  * The source of this information often comes from the data dictionary file.

  *  

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

  *

  */

 public interface InactivationBlockingMetadata {

     /**

      * The property name of the reference that is blocked

      */

     public String getBlockedReferencePropertyName();

     /**

      * The type of the object that is blocked

      * 

      * @return

      */

     public Class getBlockedBusinessObjectClass();

     /**

      * The bean name of the service that is responsible for determining whether there are any records that block inactivation

      * 

      */

     public String getInactivationBlockingDetectionServiceBeanName();

     /**

      * The type of the object that is blocking another record

      */

     public Class getBlockingReferenceBusinessObjectClass();

     /**

      * Returns the human-meaningful name of the relationship

      * 

      * @return

      */

     public String getRelationshipLabel();

 }