org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.attribute
Interface KimAttributeContract

All Superinterfaces:

GloballyUnique, Identifiable, Inactivatable, Versioned

All Known Implementing Classes:

KimAttribute, KimAttribute.Builder, KimAttributeBo

public interface KimAttributeContract
extends Versioned, GloballyUnique, Identifiable, Inactivatable

This is the contract for a KimAttribute. A KimAttribute associates categorizes an attribute and describes how to find the attribute for the purpose of the kns.

Method Summary

String	getAttributeLabel() The label for the kim attribute.
String	getAttributeName() The name of the attribute on the getComponentName().
String	getComponentName() A fully-qualified class name which contains the getAttributeName().
String	getNamespaceCode() The namespace code that this kim attribute belongs too.

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned

getVersionNumber

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.GloballyUnique

getObjectId

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable

getId

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable

isActive

Method Detail

getComponentName

String getComponentName()

A fully-qualified class name which contains the getAttributeName(). This cannot be null or a blank string.

Returns:

the name

getAttributeName

String getAttributeName()

The name of the attribute on the getComponentName(). This cannot be null or a blank string.

Returns:

the name

getNamespaceCode

String getNamespaceCode()

The namespace code that this kim attribute belongs too. This cannot be null or a blank string.

Returns:

namespace code

getAttributeLabel

String getAttributeLabel()

The label for the kim attribute. This is optional and can be null or blank.

Returns:

the label