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  * Copyright 2005-2011 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

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 package org.kuali.rice.location.api.postalcode;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Coded;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;

 /**

  * This is the contract for a Postal Code.  A postal code is assigned to different geographic regions

  * in order to give each region an identifier.

  *

  * Examples of postal codes are Zip Codes in the United States and FSALDU in Canada.

  *

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface PostalCodeContract extends Versioned, Inactivatable, Coded {

     /**

      * This the postal country code for the PostalCode.  This cannot be null or a blank string.

      *

      * @return postal country code

      */

     String getCountryCode();

     /**

      * This the postal state code for the PostalCode.  This can be null.

      *

      * @return postal state code

      */

     String getStateCode();

     /**

      * This the postal state code for the PostalCode.  This can be null.

      *

      * @return postal state code

      */

     String getCityName();

     /**

      * This the county code for the PostalCode.  This cannot be null.

      *

      * @return postal state code

      */

     String getCountyCode();

 }