001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2015 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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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.krad.data.provider;
017
018import java.util.List;
019
020/**
021 * This metadata provider forms the main provider for the krad-data module.
022 *
023 * <p>It's responsible for merging the provided list of metadata providers.</p>
024 * 
025 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
026 * 
027 */
028public interface CompositeMetadataProvider extends MetadataProvider {
029
030        /**
031         * The list of providers this provider will use.
032     *
033     * <p>They must be in the necessary order for processing. Later providers in the list.</p>
034         * 
035         * @return a list of all metadata providers contained within this composite provider
036         */
037        List<MetadataProvider> getProviders();
038
039}