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002 * Copyright 2005-2014 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
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016package org.kuali.rice.krad.data.provider.annotation;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.krad.data.metadata.DataObjectAttributeRelationship;
019
020/**
021 * Defines a relationship between attributes on two data objects.
022 *
023 * <p>Analog to the {@link DataObjectAttributeRelationship} metadata.</p>
024 * 
025 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
026 */
027public @interface AttributeRelationship {
028
029    /**
030     * Gets the attribute name on the parent object.
031     *
032     * @return the attribute name on the parent object.
033     */
034    String parentAttributeName();
035
036    /**
037     * Gets the attribute name on the child object.
038     *
039     * @return the attribute name on the child object.
040     */
041        String childAttributeName();
042}