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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.service;

 import java.util.Collection;

 import java.util.List;

 import java.util.Map;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.bo.BusinessObject;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.bo.BusinessObjectRelationship;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.FieldDefinition;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.RelationshipDefinition;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.lookup.valuefinder.ValueFinder;

 /**

  * Provides Metadata about a specific BusinessObject. Depending on the circumstance or type

  * of BO it will retrieve the data it needs from either the DataDictionary or through the

  * PersistenceStructureService

  * 

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

  */

 @Deprecated

 public interface BusinessObjectMetaDataService extends DataObjectMetaDataService {

         @Deprecated

         public BusinessObjectRelationship getBusinessObjectRelationship(RelationshipDefinition ddReference,

                         BusinessObject bo, Class boClass, String attributeName, String attributePrefix, boolean keysOnly);

         @Deprecated

         public RelationshipDefinition getBusinessObjectRelationshipDefinition(Class c, String attributeName);

         @Deprecated

         public RelationshipDefinition getBusinessObjectRelationshipDefinition(BusinessObject bo, String attributeName);

         /**

          * 

          * This method returns a list of inquirable field names

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @return a collection of inquirable field names

          */

         @Deprecated

         public Collection<String> getInquirableFieldNames(Class boClass, String sectionTitle);

         /**

          * 

          * This method returns a list of lookupable fields

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @return a collection of lookupable fields

          */

         @Deprecated

         public List<String> getLookupableFieldNames(Class boClass);

         /**

          * 

          * This method looks up the default value for a given attribute and returns

          * it

          * 

          * @param businessObjectClass

          * @param attributeName

          * @return default value for an attribute

          */

         @Deprecated

         public String getLookupFieldDefaultValue(Class businessObjectClass, String attributeName);

         /**

          * 

          * This method returns the value finder class for a given attribute

          * 

          * @param businessObjectClass

          * @param attributeName

          * @return value finder class

          */

         @Deprecated

         public Class getLookupFieldDefaultValueFinderClass(Class businessObjectClass, String attributeName);

         /**

          * 

          * This method looks up the quickfinder parameter string for a given

          * attribute and returns it. See

          * {@link FieldDefinition#getQuickfinderParameterString()}.

          * 

          * @param businessObjectClass

          * @param attributeName

          * @return default values for attributes

          */

         @Deprecated

         public String getLookupFieldQuickfinderParameterString(Class businessObjectClass, String attributeName);

         /**

          * This method returns the quickfinder parameter string builder class for a

          * given attribute. See

          * {@link FieldDefinition#getQuickfinderParameterStringBuilderClass()}.

          * 

          * @param businessObjectClass

          * @param attributeName

          * @return value finder class

          */

         @Deprecated

         public Class<? extends ValueFinder> getLookupFieldQuickfinderParameterStringBuilderClass(Class businessObjectClass,

                         String attributeName);

         /**

          * 

          * This method returns a list of collection names a business object contains

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @return

          */

         @Deprecated

         public Collection<String> getCollectionNames(BusinessObject bo);

         /**

          * 

          * This method determines if a given field(attribute) is inquirable or not

          * This handles both nested and non-nested attributes

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @param attributeName

          * @param sectionTitle

          * @return true if field is inquirable

          */

         @Deprecated

         public boolean isAttributeInquirable(Class boClass, String attributeName, String sectionTitle);

         /**

          * 

          * This method determines if a given business object is inquirable

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @return true if bo is inquirable

          */

         @Deprecated

         public boolean isInquirable(Class boClass);

         /**

          * 

          * This method determines if a given field(attribute) is lookupable or not

          * This handles both nested and non-nested attributes

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @param attributeName

          * @return true if field is lookupable

          */

         @Deprecated

         public boolean isAttributeLookupable(Class boClass, String attributeName);

         /**

          * 

          * This method determines if a given business object is lookupable

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @return true if bo is lookupable

          */

         @Deprecated

         public boolean isLookupable(Class boClass);

         /**

          * 

          * This method will return a class that is related to the parent BO (either

          * through the DataDictionary or through the PersistenceStructureService)

          * 

          * @param bo

          * @param attributes

          * @return related class

          */

         @Deprecated

         public BusinessObjectRelationship getBusinessObjectRelationship(BusinessObject bo, String attributeName);

         @Deprecated

         public BusinessObjectRelationship getBusinessObjectRelationship(BusinessObject bo, Class boClass,

                         String attributeName, String attributePrefix, boolean keysOnly);

         /**

          * Get all the business object relationships for the given business object.

          * These relationships may be defined at the ORM-layer or within the data

          * dictionary.

          */

         @Deprecated

         public List<BusinessObjectRelationship> getBusinessObjectRelationships(BusinessObject bo);

         /**

          * Get all the business object relationships for the given class. These

          * relationships may be defined at the ORM-layer or within the data

          * dictionary.

          */

         @Deprecated

         public List<BusinessObjectRelationship> getBusinessObjectRelationships(Class<? extends BusinessObject> boClass);

         /**

          * This method accepts a business object and one of its foreign key

          * attribute names. It returns a map that has a foreign key attribute name

          * as a key and its respective related class as value. If the passed in

          * attributeName is not a foreign key, this method will return an empty map.

          * 

          * @param BusinessObject

          *            businessObject

          * @param String

          *            attributeName

          * @return Map<String, Class>

          */

         @Deprecated

         public Map<String, Class> getReferencesForForeignKey(BusinessObject businessObject, String attributeName);

         /**

          * 

          * This method ...

          * 

          * @param businessObjectClass

          * @param attributeName

          * @param targetName

          * @return

          */

         @Deprecated

         public String getForeignKeyFieldName(Class businessObjectClass, String attributeName, String targetName);

 }