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  * Copyright 2007-2008 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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  *

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 package org.kuali.rice.kim.service;

 import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.role.RoleService;

 import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.role.RoleUpdateService;

 /**

  * This service adds caching on top of the RoleService. 

  * 

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

  */

 public interface RoleManagementService extends RoleService, RoleUpdateService {

         /**

          * Flush all of the role-related caches.

          */

         void flushRoleCaches();

         /**

          * Flush all of the role-member-related caches.

          */

         void flushRoleMemberCaches();

         /**

          * Flush all of the delegation-related caches.

          */

         void flushDelegationCaches();

         /**

          * Flush all of the delegation-member-related caches.

          */

         void flushDelegationMemberCaches();

         /**

          * Remove all cache entries for the given roleId and principalId combination.

          */

         void removeCacheEntries( String roleId, String principalId );

 }