1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2014 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 }