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1 | /* | |
2 | * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation | |
3 | * | |
4 | * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (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/ecl1.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.student.datadictionary.infc; | |
17 | ||
18 | import java.util.List; | |
19 | ||
20 | /** | |
21 | * This is an info ojbect that contains the dictionary information about an | |
22 | * object known to the system | |
23 | * | |
24 | * @author nwright | |
25 | */ | |
26 | public interface DictionaryEntry { | |
27 | ||
28 | /** | |
29 | * Name: Object Class | |
30 | * | |
31 | * The class of the object to which this dictionary entry refers | |
32 | * @return the objectClass | |
33 | */ | |
34 | public String getObjectClass(); | |
35 | ||
36 | /** | |
37 | * Name: Name | |
38 | * | |
39 | * get Name | |
40 | */ | |
41 | public String getName(); | |
42 | ||
43 | /** | |
44 | * Name: Object Label | |
45 | * | |
46 | * The object label provides a short name of the business | |
47 | * object for use on help screens. | |
48 | * | |
49 | * @param objectLabel The objectLabel to set. | |
50 | */ | |
51 | public String getObjectLabel(); | |
52 | ||
53 | /** | |
54 | * Name: Object Description | |
55 | * | |
56 | * The object description provides a brief description | |
57 | * of the business object for use on help screens. | |
58 | */ | |
59 | public String getObjectDescription(); | |
60 | ||
61 | /** | |
62 | * Name: Title Attribute | |
63 | * | |
64 | * The titleAttribute element is the name of the attribute that | |
65 | * will be used as an inquiry field when the lookup search results | |
66 | * fields are displayed. | |
67 | * | |
68 | * For some business objects, there is no obvious field to serve | |
69 | * as the inquiry field. in that case a special field may be required | |
70 | * for inquiry purposes. | |
71 | */ | |
72 | public String getTitleAttribute(); | |
73 | ||
74 | /** | |
75 | * Name: Prmary Keys | |
76 | * | |
77 | * The primary key(s) associatd with the object. | |
78 | * | |
79 | * TODO: determine how/if this works with the than the "unique" flag on attribute definition | |
80 | * TODO: determine how/if this works with the id | |
81 | * | |
82 | * @return the primaryKeys | |
83 | */ | |
84 | public List<String> getPrimaryKeys(); | |
85 | ||
86 | /** | |
87 | * Name: Attribute Defiitions | |
88 | * | |
89 | * Get the definitions of the attributes (fields) on the object | |
90 | */ | |
91 | public List<? extends AttributeDefinitionInfc> getAttributes(); | |
92 | } |