1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2013 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
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary;
17
18 /**
19 * Common interface for all objects that can be configured in the dictionary
20 *
21 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
22 */
23 public interface DictionaryBean {
24
25 /**
26 * Namespace code (often an application or module code) that dictionary bean is associated with
27 *
28 * <p>
29 * Note this may be assigned through the bean definition itself, or associated by the module configuration
30 * and its dictionary files
31 * </p>
32 *
33 * @return String namespace code
34 */
35 public String getNamespaceCode();
36
37 /**
38 * A code within the namespace that identifies a component or group the bean is associated with
39 *
40 * @return String representing a component code
41 */
42 public String getComponentCode();
43 }