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| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation | |
| 3 | * | |
| 4 | * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License"); | |
| 5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
| 6 | * 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 implied. | |
| 13 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
| 14 | * limitations under the License. | |
| 15 | */ | |
| 16 | package org.kuali.student.datadictionary.infc; | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.validation.DataType; | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | /** | |
| 21 | * Dictionary data for Attributes (or fields) that exist on an object. | |
| 22 | * | |
| 23 | * @author nwright | |
| 24 | */ | |
| 25 | public interface AttributeDefinitionInfc { | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | /** | |
| 28 | * Name: Name | |
| 29 | * | |
| 30 | * The name of the attribute (or field). | |
| 31 | * | |
| 32 | * Should match the field name on the corresponding business object. | |
| 33 | * | |
| 34 | * TODO: figure out how to handle sub-objects. I.e. using dot notation? | |
| 35 | * | |
| 36 | * name = name of attribute | |
| 37 | */ | |
| 38 | public String getName(); | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | /** | |
| 41 | * Name: child entry name | |
| 42 | * | |
| 43 | * deprecated | |
| 44 | */ | |
| 45 | public String getChildEntryName(); | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | /** | |
| 48 | * Name: Data Type | |
| 49 | * | |
| 50 | * The type of data this attribite (field) holds. | |
| 51 | * I.e. STRING, INTEGER, DATE, LONG, DATETIME, COMPLEX, etc. | |
| 52 | */ | |
| 53 | public DataType getDataType(); | |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | /** | |
| 56 | * Name: Required | |
| 57 | * | |
| 58 | * The required element allows values of "true" or "false". A value of | |
| 59 | * "true" indicates that a value must be entered for this business object | |
| 60 | * when creating or editing a new business object. | |
| 61 | */ | |
| 62 | public Boolean isRequired(); | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | /** | |
| 65 | * Name: Minimum Occurences | |
| 66 | * | |
| 67 | * The minimum number of allowed occurences | |
| 68 | * | |
| 69 | * TODO: get Rice to rename this to getMinOccurs to it matches the setter. | |
| 70 | */ | |
| 71 | public Integer getMinOccurs(); | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | /** | |
| 74 | * Name: Maximum Occurrences | |
| 75 | * | |
| 76 | * The maximum number of allowed occurences of this field | |
| 77 | * | |
| 78 | * TODO: Get RICE to rename this getMaxOccurs so it matches the setter | |
| 79 | * TODO: Get RICE to set a value that means UNBOUNDED, perhaps 999999999 | |
| 80 | */ | |
| 81 | public Integer getMaxOccurs(); | |
| 82 | ||
| 83 | /** | |
| 84 | * Name: Minimum Length | |
| 85 | * | |
| 86 | * The miniumum length allowed for the field | |
| 87 | */ | |
| 88 | public Integer getMinLength(); | |
| 89 | ||
| 90 | /** | |
| 91 | * Name: Maximum Length | |
| 92 | * | |
| 93 | * The maxLength element determines the maximum size of the field for data | |
| 94 | * entry edit purposes and for display purposes. | |
| 95 | */ | |
| 96 | public Integer getMaxLength(); | |
| 97 | ||
| 98 | /** | |
| 99 | * Name: Force Uppercase | |
| 100 | * | |
| 101 | * forceUppercase = convert user entry to uppercase and always display | |
| 102 | * database value as uppercase. | |
| 103 | */ | |
| 104 | public Boolean getForceUppercase(); | |
| 105 | ||
| 106 | /** | |
| 107 | * Name: Short Label | |
| 108 | * | |
| 109 | * The shortLabel element is the field or collection name that will be used | |
| 110 | * in applications when a shorter name (than the label element) is required. | |
| 111 | * This will be overridden by presence of displayLabelAttribute element. | |
| 112 | */ | |
| 113 | public String getShortLabel(); | |
| 114 | ||
| 115 | /** | |
| 116 | * Name: Summary | |
| 117 | * | |
| 118 | * The summary element is used to provide a short description of the | |
| 119 | * attribute or collection. This is designed to be used for help purposes. | |
| 120 | */ | |
| 121 | public String getSummary(); | |
| 122 | ||
| 123 | /** | |
| 124 | * Name: Label | |
| 125 | * | |
| 126 | * The label element is the field or collection name that will be shown on | |
| 127 | * inquiry and maintenance screens. This will be overridden by presence of | |
| 128 | * displayLabelAttribute element. | |
| 129 | */ | |
| 130 | public String getLabel(); | |
| 131 | ||
| 132 | /** | |
| 133 | * Name: Description | |
| 134 | * | |
| 135 | * The description element is used to provide a long description of the | |
| 136 | * attribute or collection. This is designed to be used for help purposes. | |
| 137 | */ | |
| 138 | public String getDescription(); | |
| 139 | ||
| 140 | /** | |
| 141 | * Name: Exclusive Minimum | |
| 142 | * | |
| 143 | * The exclusiveMin element determines the minimum allowable value for data | |
| 144 | * entry editing purposes. Value can be an integer or decimal value such as | |
| 145 | * -.001 or 99. | |
| 146 | */ | |
| 147 | public String getExclusiveMin(); | |
| 148 | ||
| 149 | /** | |
| 150 | * Name: Exclusive Maximum | |
| 151 | * | |
| 152 | * The inclusiveMax element determines the maximum allowable value for data | |
| 153 | * entry editing purposes. Value can be an integer or decimal value such as | |
| 154 | * -.001 or 99. | |
| 155 | * | |
| 156 | * JSTL: This field is mapped into the field named "exclusiveMax". | |
| 157 | */ | |
| 158 | public String getInclusiveMax(); | |
| 159 | ||
| 160 | /** | |
| 161 | * Name: Display Label Attribute | |
| 162 | * | |
| 163 | * The displayLabelAttribute element is used to indicate that the label and | |
| 164 | * short label should be obtained from another attribute. | |
| 165 | * | |
| 166 | * The label element and short label element defined for this attribute will | |
| 167 | * be overridden. Instead, the label and short label values will be obtained | |
| 168 | * by referencing the corresponding values from the attribute indicated by | |
| 169 | * this element. | |
| 170 | */ | |
| 171 | public String getDisplayLabelAttribute(); | |
| 172 | ||
| 173 | /** | |
| 174 | * Name: Unique | |
| 175 | * | |
| 176 | * Similar to a db column that is flagged as unique, the value is unique | |
| 177 | * across all data objects of that type | |
| 178 | * | |
| 179 | * TODO: ask if this should be isUnique instead of getUnique? | |
| 180 | */ | |
| 181 | public Boolean isUnique(); | |
| 182 | ||
| 183 | /** | |
| 184 | * Name: Custom Validator Class | |
| 185 | * | |
| 186 | * Class to do custom validation | |
| 187 | */ | |
| 188 | public String getCustomValidatorClass(); | |
| 189 | ||
| 190 | /** | |
| 191 | * Name: Formatter Class | |
| 192 | * | |
| 193 | * The formatterClass element is used when custom formatting is required for | |
| 194 | * display of the field value. This field specifies the name of the java | |
| 195 | * class to be used for the formatting. About 15 different classes are | |
| 196 | * available including BooleanFormatter, CurrencyFormatter, DateFormatter, | |
| 197 | * etc. | |
| 198 | */ | |
| 199 | public String getFormatterClass(); | |
| 200 | ||
| 201 | /** | |
| 202 | * Name: Valid Characters Constraint | |
| 203 | * | |
| 204 | * The constraint that applies regular expressions to to the value | |
| 205 | * | |
| 206 | * TODO: Ask RICE to create an interface for ValidCharactersConstraint so we can return that instead of the generic constraint | |
| 207 | */ | |
| 208 | public ValidCharactersConstraintInfc getValidCharactersConstraint(); | |
| 209 | } |