Coverage Report - org.kuali.student.r2.core.population.infc.PopulationRule
 
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PopulationRule
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 /**
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  * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation 
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  *
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  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the
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  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
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  * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  *
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  * http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0
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  *
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
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  * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
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  * permissions and limitations under the License.
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  */
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 package org.kuali.student.r2.core.population.infc;
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 import java.util.List;
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 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.infc.IdEntity;
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 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.criteria.QueryByCriteria;
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 /**
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  * Information about a Population Rule to set up a Population. Each
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  * "rule" defined in this interface adds to the population.
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  *
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  * The Population Rule Type determines the "operator" of how these
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  * elements are combined.
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  *
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  * @author tom
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  * @since Thu Nov 21 14:22:34 EDT 2011
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  */
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 public interface PopulationRule
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         extends IdEntity {
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     /**
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      * The search criteria to be used in building this
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      * population. 
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      * 
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      * *** NOT IMPLEMENTED *****
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      * TODO: Figure out how this can be persisted
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      *
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      * @name Search Criteria
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      * @required when the rule type indicates the population is based on a search criteria
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      */
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     public QueryByCriteria getSearchCriteria();
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     /**
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      * Agenda Ids to be used in building this population.
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      *
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      * @name Agenda Ids
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      * @required when the rule type indicates this is based on a KRMS rule
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      */
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     public List<String> getAgendaIds();
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     /**
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      * A list of Group Ids to be used in building this population.
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      *
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      * @name Group Ids
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      * @required when the rule type indicates this is based on a group
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      */
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     public List<String> getGroupIds();
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     /**
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      * A list of Person Ids to be used in building this population.
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      * 
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      * Note: this does not hold the list of members unless people can be manually
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      * added or removed from the population.
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      * 
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      * @name Person Ids
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      * @required when rule type indicates students can be explicitly added/removed 
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      * from the population.
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      */
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     public List<String> getPersonIds();
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     /**
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      * A list of Population Ids to be used in building this
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      * population. 
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      * 
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      * The operation is determined by the PopuationRule
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      * Type.
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      *
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      * @name Child Population Ids
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      * @required if the rule type indicates this population is created as a union or intersection or minus 
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      * other existing populations.
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      */
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     public List<String> getChildPopulationIds();
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     /**
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      * The Population Id to be used as the reference population from which 
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      * the child populations are removed in the minus operation.
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      * 
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      * This is used only in the minus operation to help calculate "all others 
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      * not caught but the any of the above" use case.
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      *
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      * @name Reference Population Id
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      * @required if the rule type is a Minus type
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      */
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     public String getReferencePopulationId();
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     /**
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      * Gets the valid sort order keys that can be used to sort the
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      * members of the Population. 
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      * 
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      * The valid sort order keys correspond
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      * to the underlying rule sorting capabilities.
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      * 
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      * This may return an empty list indicating the population does not support
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      * any particular ordering.
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      *
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      * @name Sort Order Type Keys
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      */
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     public List<String> getSortOrderTypeKeys();
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     /**
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      * Tests to see if the Population may vary by time.
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      * 
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      * If true then the response to isMemberAtXXXX getMembersAtXXXX methods should
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      * be used to assess membership because it is highly likely the population 
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      * would return a different result depending on the time parameter that is supplied.
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      * 
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      * An example of populations that vary by time include freshman, sophomore, 
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      * junior, senior, etc... because the answer varies greatly depending on the 
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      * term in question.  
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      * 
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      * Some examples of populations that are not expected to vary with time are 
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      * males or students with IDs ending in an odd number or US citizens.
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      * 
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      * Note: Saying that a population does not vary with time does not mean that 
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      * the population does not change over time.  Rather it means that 
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      * calls isMember and isMemberAtXXX methods or getMembers and getMembersAtXXX 
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      * should normally return the same answer if invoked simultaneously.
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      * 
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      * @name Varies By Time
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      */
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     public Boolean getVariesByTime();
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     /**
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      * Tests to see if this Population supports the getting of an explicit list 
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      * of the members in this population.
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      * 
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      * Not all populations need to support this method and only support 
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      * the isMember method which tests.
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      * 
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      * If false then calls to the getMembersXXX family for this population 
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      * should throw an OperationFailedException exception.
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      *
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      * @name Supports Get Members
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      */
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     public Boolean getSupportsGetMembers();
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 }