/**

  * Copyright 2010 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

  *

  * http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or

  * implied. See the License for the specific language governing

  * permissions and limitations under the License.

  */

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

 import java.util.List;

 /**

  * A common interface pattern for service entities. This interface is

  * applied to entities with attributes.

  *

  * @author tom

  */

 public interface HasAttributes {

     /**

      * List of dynamic attributes, each holding a key-value pair that

      * can be configured to hold additional information for an

      * implementing institution.

      *

      * Note: the key may be repeated more than once to simulate a list

      * of values.

      * 

      * @name Dynamic Attributes

      */

     public List<? extends Attribute> getAttributes();

 }