001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2012 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.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.location.api.state;
017    
018    import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Coded;
019    import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
020    import 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     */
027    public 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    }