001/*
002 * Copyright 2005-2006 The Kuali Foundation
003 * 
004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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016package org.kuali.ole.sys.dataaccess;
017
018import java.sql.Date;
019import java.util.Collection;
020
021import org.kuali.ole.sys.businessobject.UniversityDate;
022
023/**
024 * An DAO interface declaring methods needed by UniversityDates to interact with the database
025 */
026public interface UniversityDateDao {
027
028    /**
029     * Returns the last university date for a given fiscal year
030     * 
031     * @param fiscalYear the fiscal year to find the last date for
032     * @return a UniversityDate record for the last day in the given fiscal year, or null if nothing can be found
033     */
034    public UniversityDate getLastFiscalYearDate(Integer fiscalYear);
035
036    /**
037     * Returns the first university date for a given fiscal year
038     * 
039     * @param fiscalYear the fiscal year to find the first date for
040     * @return a UniversityDate record for the first day of the given fiscal year, or null if nothing can be found
041     */
042    public UniversityDate getFirstFiscalYearDate(Integer fiscalYear);
043}