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002 * Copyright 2005-2015 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.ken.service;
017
018import java.util.Collection;
019
020import org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationChannelBo;
021
022/**
023 * Service for accessing {@link org.kuali.rice.ken.bo.NotificationChannelBo}s
024 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
025 */
026public interface NotificationChannelService {
027    /**
028     * This method returns all of the registered notification channels in the system.
029     * @return Collection
030     */
031    public Collection<NotificationChannelBo> getAllNotificationChannels();
032    
033    /**
034     * This method retrieves a specific NotificationChannel instance by id.  If none is found, it returns null.
035     * @param id
036     * @return NotificationChannel
037     */
038    public NotificationChannelBo getNotificationChannel(String id);
039    
040    /**
041     * This method retrieves a specific NotificationChannel instance by name.  If none is found, it returns null.
042     * @param id
043     * @return NotificationChannel
044     */
045    public NotificationChannelBo getNotificationChannelByName(String name);
046    
047    /**
048     * This method retrieves all channels in the system that can be subscribed to.
049     * @return Collection
050     */
051    public Collection<NotificationChannelBo> getSubscribableChannels();
052}