1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2012 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (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 *
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9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.rule;
17
18 import java.util.List;
19 import java.util.Map;
20 import java.util.Set;
21
22 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;
23 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
24 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;
25 import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.action.ActionDefinitionContract;
26 import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.proposition.PropositionDefinitionContract;
27
28 /**
29 * Defines the contract for a {@link RuleDefinition}
30 *
31 * @see RuleDefinition
32 * @see org.kuali.rice.krms.framework.engine.Rule
33 *
34 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
35 */
36 public interface RuleDefinitionContract extends Identifiable, Inactivatable, Versioned {
37 /**
38 * This is the name of the Rule
39 * <p>
40 * name - the name of the Rule
41 * </p>
42 * @return the name of the Rule
43 */
44 public String getName();
45
46 /**
47 * This is the description of the Rule
48 * <p>
49 * description - the description of the Rule
50 * </p>
51 * @return the description of the Rule
52 */
53 public String getDescription();
54
55 /**
56 * This is the namespace of the Rule
57 * <p>
58 * The namespace of the Rule
59 * </p>
60 * @return the namespace of the Rule
61 */
62 public String getNamespace();
63
64 /**
65 * This is the KrmsType of the Rule
66 *
67 * @return id for KRMS type related of the Rule
68 */
69 public String getTypeId();
70
71 /**
72 * This method returns the ID of the Proposition associated with the rule.
73 * <p>
74 * Each Rule has exactly one Proposition associated with it.
75 * <p>
76 * @return the id of the Proposition associated with the Rule
77 */
78 public String getPropId();
79
80 /**
81 * This method returns the Proposition associated with the rule.
82 * <p>
83 * Each Rule has exactly one Proposition associated with it.
84 * <p>
85 * @return an immutable representation of the Proposition associated with the Rule
86 */
87 public PropositionDefinitionContract getProposition();
88
89 /**
90 * This method returns a list of Actions associated with the Rule.
91 * <p>
92 * A Rule may have zero or more Actions associated with it.
93 * <p>
94 * @return An ordered list of Actions associated with a Rule.
95 */
96 public List<? extends ActionDefinitionContract> getActions();
97
98 /**
99 * This method returns a Map of attributes associated with the
100 * Rule. The attributes are represented as name/value pairs.
101 *
102 * @return a Map<String,String> of RuleAttribute objects.
103 */
104 public Map<String, String> getAttributes();
105
106 }