/*

  * Copyright 2007-2009 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

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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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 package org.kuali.rice.kim.bo.entity;

 /**

  * residency info for a KIM entity

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (kuali-rice@googlegroups.com)

  *

  */

 public interface KimEntityResidency {

     /**

      * Gets this {@link KimEntityResidency}'s id.

      * @return the id for this {@link KimEntityResidency}, or null if none has been assigned.

      */

         String getId();

         /**

      * Gets this {@link KimEntityResidency}'s entity id.

      * @return the entity id for this {@link KimEntityResidency}, or null if none has been assigned.

      */

         String getEntityId();

         /**

      * Gets this {@link KimEntityResidency}'s determination method.

      * @return the determination method for this {@link KimEntityResidency}, or null if none has been assigned.

      */

         String getDeterminationMethod();

         /**

      * Gets the state this {@link KimEntityResidency} is in.

      * @return the state this {@link KimEntityResidency} is in, or null if none has been assigned.

      */

         String getInState();

 }