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 package org.kuali.student.enrollment.classII.acal.infc;

 import java.util.Date;

 import java.util.List;

 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.infc.KeyEntity;

 /**

  * Information about an Academic Calendar.

  *

  * @Author tom

  * @Since Tue Apr 05 14:22:34 EDT 2011

  */ 

 public interface AcademicCalendar extends KeyEntity {

     /**

      * Name: Start Date

      * Date and time the academic calendar became effective. This

      * does not provide a bound on date ranges or milestones

      * associated with this calendar, but instead indicates the

      * calendar proper. This is a similar concept to the effective

      * date on enumerated values. When an expiration date has been

      * specified, this field must be less than or equal to the

      * expiration date.

      */

     public Date getStartDate();

     /**

      * Name: End Date

      * Date and time the academic calendar expires. This does not

      * provide a bound on date ranges or milestones associated with

      * this calendar, but instead indicates the calendar

      * proper. If specified, this must be greater than or equal to the

      * effective date. If this field is not specified, then no

      * expiration date has been currently defined and should

      * automatically be considered greater than the effective date.

      */

     public Date getEndDate();

     /**

      * Name: Campus Calendar 

      * The campus calendar key corresponding to this academic

      * calendar. A multi-year academic calendar may have more than one

      * campus calendar.

      */

     public List<String> getCampusCalendarKeys();

     /**

      * Name: Credential Program Type Key

      * The credential program type key to which this calendar

      * relates.

      */

     public String getCredentialProgramTypeKey();

 }