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  * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the

  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the

  * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

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 package org.kuali.student.r2.common.infc;

 /**

  * An amount.

  * 

  * @author Kuali Student Team (sambitpa@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface Amount {

     /**

      * The kind of units associated with the quantity, such as

      * hours/week. It is expected that in usage in other structures,

      * this value will always be enumerated based on that context.

      * Key

      *

      * @name Unit Type Key

      * @required

      */

     public String getUnitTypeKey();

     /**

      * The amount of units. Allowed values consist of numeric values

      * as well as the string "unbounded".

      *

      * @name Unit Quantity

      * @required

      */

     public String getUnitQuantity();

     // Compatibility

     /**

      * Use getUnitTypeKey() instead.

      */

     @Deprecated

     public String getUnitType();

 }