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  * Copyright 2006-2008 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

  * 

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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.mask;

 import java.io.Serializable;

 /**

  * Defines interface for a class that mask data values

  * 

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

  */

 public interface MaskFormatter extends Serializable {

     /**

      * Takes in the real data value and returns a masked string.

      * 

      * @param value - data value

      * @return String - masked value

      */

     public String maskValue(Object value);

 }