001/**
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.location.api.state;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Coded;
019import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
020import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;
021
022/**
023 * This is the contract for a State.
024 *
025 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
026 */
027public interface StateContract extends Versioned, Inactivatable, Coded {
028
029    /**
030     * This the postal name for the State.  This cannot be null or a blank string.
031     *
032     * @return postal name
033     */
034    String getName();
035
036    /**
037     * This the postal country code for the State.  This cannot be null or a blank string.
038     *
039     * @return postal country code
040     */
041    String getCountryCode();
042}