/**

  * 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

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

 /**

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

  * entities with a Type.

  *

  * @author nwright

  */

 public interface HasType  {

     /**

      * A unique identifier for the type of this object.

      * 

      * @name Type Key

      * @readOnly

      * @required

      */

     public String getTypeKey();

      /**

      * Alternate method to get the typeKey to maintain R1

      * compatibility. Consumers should use getTypeKey() instead.

      * 

      * @name Type Key

      * @readOnly

      */

     @Deprecated

     public String getType();

 }