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| DictionaryEntry |
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| 1.0;1 |
| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation | |
| 3 | * | |
| 4 | * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the | |
| 5 | * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the | |
| 6 | * License. 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 | |
| 13 | * implied. See the License for the specific language governing | |
| 14 | * permissions and limitations under the License. | |
| 15 | */ | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | package org.kuali.student.r2.common.datadictionary.infc; | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | import java.util.List; | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | /** | |
| 22 | * This is an info ojbect that contains the dictionary information | |
| 23 | * about an object known to the system. | |
| 24 | * | |
| 25 | * @author nwright | |
| 26 | */ | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | public interface DictionaryEntry { | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | /** | |
| 31 | * The class of the object to which this dictionary entry refers. | |
| 32 | * | |
| 33 | * @name Object Class | |
| 34 | */ | |
| 35 | public String getObjectClass(); | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | /** | |
| 38 | * The name of this entry. | |
| 39 | * | |
| 40 | * @name Name | |
| 41 | */ | |
| 42 | public String getName(); | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | /** | |
| 45 | * The object label provides a short name of the business object | |
| 46 | * for use on help screens. | |
| 47 | * | |
| 48 | * @name Object Label | |
| 49 | */ | |
| 50 | public String getObjectLabel(); | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | /** | |
| 53 | * The object description provides a brief description of the | |
| 54 | * business object for use on help screens. | |
| 55 | * | |
| 56 | * @name Object Description | |
| 57 | */ | |
| 58 | public String getObjectDescription(); | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | /** | |
| 61 | * The titleAttribute element is the name of the attribute that | |
| 62 | * will be used as an inquiry field when the lookup search results | |
| 63 | * fields are displayed. | |
| 64 | * | |
| 65 | * For some business objects, there is no obvious field to serve | |
| 66 | * as the inquiry field. in that case a special field may be | |
| 67 | * required for inquiry purposes. | |
| 68 | * | |
| 69 | * @name Title Attribute | |
| 70 | */ | |
| 71 | public String getTitleAttribute(); | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | /** | |
| 74 | * The primary key(s) associatd with the object. | |
| 75 | * | |
| 76 | * TODO: determine how/if this works with the than the "unique" flag on attribute definition | |
| 77 | * TODO: determine how/if this works with the id | |
| 78 | * | |
| 79 | * @name Primary Keys | |
| 80 | */ | |
| 81 | public List<String> getPrimaryKeys(); | |
| 82 | ||
| 83 | /** | |
| 84 | * Get the definitions of the attributes (fields) on the object | |
| 85 | * | |
| 86 | * @name Attribute Defiitions | |
| 87 | */ | |
| 88 | public List<? extends AttributeDefinitionInfc> getAttributes(); | |
| 89 | } |