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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2015 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
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo;
17  
18  /**
19   * Complete model objects in rice override {@link #equals(Object)}, {@link #hashCode()},
20   * in addition to what is defined in the ModelObjectBasic interface.
21   *
22   * An example of a "Complete" Model object are the immutable transfer object
23   * that rice uses in it's service APIs.
24   */
25  public interface ModelObjectComplete extends ModelObjectBasic {
26  
27      /**
28       * All "Complete" model object's should adhere to the {@link #equals(Object)} contract.
29       *
30       * @param o to object to compare for equality
31       * @return if equal
32       */
33      @Override
34      boolean equals(Object o);
35  
36      /**
37       * All "Complete" model object's should adhere to the {@link #hashCode()} contract.
38       *
39       * @return the hashCode value
40       */
41      @Override
42      int hashCode();
43  }