org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.term
Class TermSpecificationDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject
      org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.term.TermSpecificationDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Inactivatable, Identifiable, Versioned, ModelObjectBasic, ModelObjectComplete, TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

public final class TermSpecificationDefinition
extends AbstractDataTransferObject
implements TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Immutable DTO for TermSpecifications. Construction must be done via the TermSpecificationDefinition.Builder inner class.

Author:

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

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

TermSpecificationDefinition.Builder Builder for the TermSpecificationDefinition immutable DTO.

Method Summary

List<CategoryDefinition>	getCategories() Gets an ordered list of the categories which this term specification definition belongs to.
String	getDescription() Gets the description for this term specification, which will typically be a suitable description for any term having this specification as well.
String	getId() This value will be non-null for persisted
String	getName() Gets the name for this TermSpecificationDefinitionContract.
String	getNamespace() Gets the namespace of this TermSpecificationDefinitionContract.
String	getType() Gets the fully qualified class name for the values of any term having this specification.
Long	getVersionNumber() Returns the version number for this object.
boolean	isActive() The active indicator for an object.

Methods inherited from class org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject

afterUnmarshal, beforeUnmarshal, equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

This value will be non-null for persisted

Specified by:

getId in interface Identifiable

Returns:

the id

See Also:

Identifiable.getId()

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Gets the name for this TermSpecificationDefinitionContract. This is an important key that must be unique within a namespace, and is used to determine how to resolve any terms having this specification. Will not be null or empty.

Specified by:

getName in interface TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Returns:

the name

See Also:

TermSpecificationDefinitionContract.getName()

getNamespace

public String getNamespace()

Description copied from interface: TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Gets the namespace of this TermSpecificationDefinitionContract. Will not be null or empty.

Specified by:

getNamespace in interface TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Returns:

the namespace of the TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

getType

public String getType()

Description copied from interface: TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Gets the fully qualified class name for the values of any term having this specification. E.g. if the type of the fact values for the "total dollar amount of a grant" term was BigDecimal, then the term specification's type would be the String "java.math.BigDecimal". Will never return null or the empty string.

Specified by:

getType in interface TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Returns:

the fully qualified name of the java type of values for this term.

See Also:

TermSpecificationDefinitionContract.getType()

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Gets the description for this term specification, which will typically be a suitable description for any term having this specification as well. May return null if no description is specified for the term specification.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Returns:

the description for this term specification.

isActive

public boolean isActive()

Description copied from interface: Inactivatable

The active indicator for an object.

Specified by:

isActive in interface Inactivatable

Returns:

true if active false if not.

getVersionNumber

public Long getVersionNumber()

Description copied from interface: Versioned

Returns the version number for this object. In general, this value should only be null if the object has not yet been stored to a persistent data store. This version number is generally used for the purposes of optimistic locking.

Specified by:

getVersionNumber in interface Versioned

Returns:

the version number, or null if one has not been assigned yet

See Also:

Versioned.getVersionNumber()

getCategories

public List<CategoryDefinition> getCategories()

Description copied from interface: TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Gets an ordered list of the categories which this term specification definition belongs to. This list can be empty but will never be null.

Specified by:

getCategories in interface TermSpecificationDefinitionContract

Returns:

the list of categories for this term specification definition.

See Also:

TermSpecificationDefinitionContract.getCategories()