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| FunctionParameterDefinitionContract | 
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| 1 |  /* | |
| 2 |   * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation | |
| 3 |   * | |
| 4 |   * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License"); | |
| 5 |   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
| 6 |   * You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
| 7 |   * | |
| 8 |   * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php | |
| 9 |   * | |
| 10 |   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
| 11 |   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
| 12 |   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
| 13 |   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| 14 |   * limitations under the License. | |
| 15 |   */ | |
| 16 |  package org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.function; | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 |  import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable; | |
| 19 |  import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned; | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 |  /** | |
| 22 |   * Defines the contract for a function parameter definition.  A function | |
| 23 |   * parameter definition helps to define the "signature" of a | |
| 24 |   * {@link FunctionDefinitionContract} by defining the name and type of an | |
| 25 |   * expected parameter to the function. | |
| 26 |   *  | |
| 27 |   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org) | |
| 28 |   * | |
| 29 |   */ | |
| 30 | public interface FunctionParameterDefinitionContract extends Versioned, Identifiable { | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 |          /** | |
| 33 |           * Returns the name of this parameters.  All parameters have a name and this | |
| 34 |           * value can never be null or blank.  The parameter name must be unique | |
| 35 |           * within a given function definition. | |
| 36 |           *  | |
| 37 |           * @return the name of this function parameter definition | |
| 38 |           */ | |
| 39 | String getName(); | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 |          /** | |
| 42 |           * Returns the description of this parameter.  The description is intended | |
| 43 |           * to provide more information about a parameter and it's appropriate | |
| 44 |           * usage.  The description is optional and will be null if a | |
| 45 |           * description is not defined. | |
| 46 |           *  | |
| 47 |           * @return the description of this function parameter definition, or null | |
| 48 |           * if this parameter has no description | |
| 49 |           */ | |
| 50 | String getDescription(); | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 |          /** | |
| 53 |           * Returns the type of this function parameter.  This can be one of a set | |
| 54 |           * of "built-in" data types or a custom data type represented as a fully | |
| 55 |           * qualified java class name.  All parameters must have a valid type so | |
| 56 |           * this method should never return null or blank. | |
| 57 |           *  | |
| 58 |           * @return the type of this function parameter definition | |
| 59 |           */ | |
| 60 | String getParameterType(); | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 |          /** | |
| 63 |           * Returns the ID of the function to which this parameter is associated. | |
| 64 |           *  | |
| 65 |           * @return the ID of the corresponding function | |
| 66 |           */ | |
| 67 | String getFunctionId(); | |
| 68 | ||
| 69 |          /** | |
| 70 |           * This is the sequence number of the function parameter. | |
| 71 |           * The sequence number identifies the position of the  | |
| 72 |           * parameter in the function list. | |
| 73 |           *  | |
| 74 |           * @return the sequence number of the function parameter | |
| 75 |           */ | |
| 76 |          public Integer getSequenceNumber(); | |
| 77 | } |