001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2016 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.
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.krad.maintenance;
017
018import java.util.List;
019
020/**
021 * Provides contract for implementing a bulk update withing the bulk update framework.
022 *
023 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
024 */
025public interface BulkUpdateMaintainable extends Maintainable {
026
027    /**
028     * Check if the maintenance object is in a state that allows it to be persisted.
029     *
030     * @return true if maintenance object is persistable, false otherwise
031     */
032    boolean isPersistable();
033
034    /**
035     * Returns the list of updated data objects.
036     *
037     * @return list of updated data objects
038     */
039    List<Object> generateUpdatableObjects();
040
041}