001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2013 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.krad.datadictionary;
017    
018    /**
019     * Common interface for all objects that can be configured in the dictionary
020     *
021     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
022     */
023    public interface DictionaryBean {
024    
025        /**
026         * Namespace code (often an application or module code) that dictionary bean is associated with
027         *
028         * <p>
029         * Note this may be assigned through the bean definition itself, or associated by the module configuration
030         * and its dictionary files
031         * </p>
032         *
033         * @return String namespace code
034         */
035        public String getNamespaceCode();
036    
037        /**
038         * A code within the namespace that identifies a component or group the bean is associated with
039         *
040         * @return String representing a component code
041         */
042        public String getComponentCode();
043    }