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 package org.kuali.rice.krad.service;

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

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

 import java.util.List;

 import java.util.Map;

 /**

  * Provides metadata such as relationships and key fields for data objects

  *

  * <p>

  * Service provides a facade to the various services for retrieving metadata

  * within the framework, such as the <code>DataDictionaryService</code> and

  * the <code>PersistenceService</code>

  * </p>

  *

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

  */

 public interface DataObjectMetaDataService {

     /**

      * Checks the DataDictionary and OJB Repository File to determine the primary

      * fields names for a given class.

      *

      * @param clazz - the Class to check for primary keys

      * @return a list of the primary key field names or an empty list if none are found

      */

     public List<String> listPrimaryKeyFieldNames(Class<?> clazz);

     /**

      * Determines the primary keys for the class of the given object, then for each

      * key field retrieves the value from the object instance and populates the return

      * map with the primary key name as the map key and the object value as the map value

      *

      * @param dataObject - object whose primary key field name,value pairs you want

      * @return a Map containing the names and values of fields for the given class which

      *         are designated as key fields in the OJB repository file or DataDictionary

      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given Object is null

      */

     public Map<String, ?> getPrimaryKeyFieldValues(Object dataObject);

     /**

      * Determines the primary keys for the class of the given object, then for each

      * key field retrieves the value from the object instance and populates the return

      * map with the primary key name as the map key and the object value as the map value

      *

      * @param dataObject - object whose primary key field name,value pairs you want

      * @param sortFieldNames - if true, the returned Map will iterate through its entries sorted by fieldName

      * @return a Map containing the names and values of fields for the given class which

      *         are designated as key fields in the OJB repository file or DataDictionary

      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given Object is null

      */

     public Map<String, ?> getPrimaryKeyFieldValues(Object dataObject, boolean sortFieldNames);

     /**

      * Compares two dataObject instances for equality of type and key values using toString()

      * of each value for comparison purposes.

      *

      * @param do1

      * @param do2

      * @return boolean indicating whether the two objects are equal.

      */

     public boolean equalsByPrimaryKeys(Object do1, Object do2);

     /**

      * Attempts to find a relationship for the given attribute within the given

      * data object

      *

      * <p>

      * First the data dictionary is queried to find any relationship definitions

      * setup that include the attribute, if found the

      * <code>BusinessObjectRetationship</code> is build from that. If not and

      * the data object class is persistent, relationships are retrieved from the

      * persistence service. Nested attributes are handled in addition to

      * external business objects. If multiple relationships are found, the one

      * that contains the least amount of joining keys is returned

      * </p>

      *

      * @param dataObject - data object instance that contains the attribute

      * @param dataObjectClass - class for the data object that contains the attribute

      * @param attributeName - property name for the attribute

      * @param attributePrefix - property prefix for the attribute

      * @param keysOnly - indicates whether only primary key fields should be returned

      * in the relationship

      * @param supportsLookup - indicates whether the relationship should support lookup

      * @param supportsInquiry - indicates whether the relationship should support inquiry

      * @return BusinessObjectRelationship for the attribute, or null if not

      *         found

      */

     public BusinessObjectRelationship getDataObjectRelationship(Object dataObject, Class<?> dataObjectClass,

             String attributeName, String attributePrefix, boolean keysOnly, boolean supportsLookup,

             boolean supportInquiry);

     /**

      * Fetches the RelationshipDefinition for the attribute with the given name within

      * the given class

      *

      * @param dataObjectClass - data object class that contains the attribute

      * @param attributeName - property name for the attribute

      * @return RelationshipDefinition for the attribute, or null if not found

      */

     public RelationshipDefinition getDictionaryRelationship(Class<?> dataObjectClass, String attributeName);

     /**

      * Returns the attribute to be associated with for object level markings.  This would

      * be the field chosen for inquiry links etc.

      *

      * @param dataObjectClass - data object class to obtain title attribute of

      * @return property name of title attribute or null if data object entry not found

      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given Class is null

      */

     public String getTitleAttribute(Class<?> dataObjectClass);

     /**

      * Indicates whether notes are supported by the given data object class, currently this

      * can only be true for business objects

      *

      * @param dataObjectClass - class for data object to check

      * @return boolean true if notes are supported for data object, false if notes are not supported

      */

     public boolean areNotesSupported(Class dataObjectClass);

 }