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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 | } |