1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2016 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.kim.api.responsibility;
17
18
19 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.GloballyUnique;
20 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;
21 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
22 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;
23 import org.kuali.rice.kim.api.common.template.TemplateContract;
24
25 import java.util.Map;
26
27 /**
28 * This is the contract for a Responsibility. Represents a single Responsibility within the system.
29 *
30 * Responsibilities are attached to roles. All authorization checks should be done against Responsibilities,
31 * never against roles or groups.
32 *
33 */
34 public interface ResponsibilityContract extends Versioned, GloballyUnique, Inactivatable, Identifiable{;
35
36 /**
37 * The namespace code that this Responsibility belongs too.
38 *
39 * @return namespaceCode
40 */
41 String getNamespaceCode();
42
43 /**
44 * The name of the Responsibility.
45 *
46 * @return name
47 */
48 String getName();
49
50 /**
51 * The description of the Responsibility.
52 *
53 * @return description
54 */
55 String getDescription();
56
57 /**
58 * The Template referenced by the Responsibility.
59 *
60 * @return templateId
61 */
62 TemplateContract getTemplate();
63
64 /**
65 * Attributes for a Responsibility.
66 *
67 * @return attributes
68 */
69 Map<String, String> getAttributes();
70 }