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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
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15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.krms.impl.repository;
17  
18  import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.function.FunctionDefinition;
19  import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.function.FunctionRepositoryService;
20  
21  /**
22   * This is the interface for accessing KRMS repository Function related bos 
23   * 
24   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
25   *
26   */
27  
28  public interface FunctionBoService extends FunctionRepositoryService {
29  
30      /**
31       * This will create a {@link FunctionDefinition} exactly like the function passed in.
32       *
33       * @param function  The Function to create
34       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the function is null
35       * @throws IllegalStateException if the function already exists in the system
36       */
37  	public FunctionDefinition createFunction(FunctionDefinition function);
38  	
39      /**
40       * This will update an existing {@link FunctionDefinition}.
41       *
42       * @param function  The Function to update
43       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the function is null
44       * @throws IllegalStateException if the function does not exist in the system
45       */	
46  	public void updateFunction(FunctionDefinition function);
47  	
48      /**
49       * Retrieves a Function from the repository based on the given function id.
50       *
51       * @param functionId the id of the Function to retrieve
52       * @return a {@link FunctionDefinition} identified by the given functionId.  
53       * A null reference is returned if an invalid or non-existent functionId is supplied.
54       */
55  	public FunctionDefinition getFunctionById(String functionId);
56  	
57      /**
58       * Retrieves a Function from the repository based on the provided function name
59       * and namespace.
60       *
61       * @param name the name of the Function to retrieve.
62       * @param namespace the namespace that the Function is under.
63       * @return a {@link FunctionDefinition} identified by the given name and namespace.  
64       * A null reference is returned if an invalid or non-existent function name and
65       * namespace combination is supplied.
66       */
67  	public FunctionDefinition getFunctionByNameAndNamespace(String name, String namespace);
68  	
69  }