Coverage Report - org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.function.FunctionParameterDefinitionContract
 
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FunctionParameterDefinitionContract
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 /*
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  * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation
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  *
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  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
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  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  *
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  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php
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  *
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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  * limitations under the License.
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  */
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 package org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.function;
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 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;
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 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
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 /**
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  * Defines the contract for a function parameter definition.  A function
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  * parameter definition helps to define the "signature" of a
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  * {@link FunctionDefinitionContract} by defining the name and type of an
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  * expected parameter to the function.
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  * 
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  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
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  *
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  */
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 public interface FunctionParameterDefinitionContract extends Versioned, Identifiable {
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         /**
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          * Returns the name of this parameters.  All parameters have a name and this
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          * value can never be null or blank.  The parameter name must be unique
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          * within a given function definition.
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          * 
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          * @return the name of this function parameter definition
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          */
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         String getName();
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         /**
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          * Returns the description of this parameter.  The description is intended
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          * to provide more information about a parameter and it's appropriate
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          * usage.  The description is optional and will be null if a
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          * description is not defined.
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          * 
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          * @return the description of this function parameter definition, or null
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          * if this parameter has no description
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          */
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         String getDescription();
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         /**
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          * Returns the type of this function parameter.  This can be one of a set
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          * of "built-in" data types or a custom data type represented as a fully
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          * qualified java class name.  All parameters must have a valid type so
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          * this method should never return null or blank.
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          * 
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          * @return the type of this function parameter definition
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          */
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         String getParameterType();
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         /**
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          * Returns the ID of the function to which this parameter is associated.
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          * 
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          * @return the ID of the corresponding function
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          */
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         String getFunctionId();
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         /**
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          * This is the sequence number of the function parameter.
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          * The sequence number identifies the position of the 
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          * parameter in the function list.
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          * 
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          * @return the sequence number of the function parameter
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          */
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         public Integer getSequenceNumber();
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 }