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 *
8 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
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.term;
17
18 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;
19 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
20
21 /**
22 * <p>The contract for a {@link TermParameterDefinition} which defines a term parameter. This is simply
23 * a name and a value that is associated with a term by an identifier.
24 * </p>
25 *
26 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
27 * @see TermParameterDefinition
28 */
29 public interface TermParameterDefinitionContract extends Identifiable, Versioned {
30
31 /**
32 * Gets the identifier for the term that this parameter belongs to. May be null, must not be empty.
33 *
34 * @return the term identifier
35 */
36 String getTermId();
37
38 /**
39 * Gets the name of this parameter. Must not be null or empty.
40 *
41 * @return the name of this parameter
42 */
43 String getName();
44
45 /**
46 * Gets the value of this parameter. May be null.
47 *
48 * @return the value of this parameter
49 */
50 String getValue();
51
52 }