1 /**
2 * Copyright 2010 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the
5 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
6 * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0
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
13 * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
14 * permissions and limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.kuali.student.r2.common.infc;
18
19 import java.util.List;
20
21 /**
22 * A common interface pattern for service entities. This interface is
23 * applied to entities with attributes.
24 *
25 * @author tom
26 */
27
28 public interface HasAttributes {
29
30 /**
31 * List of dynamic attributes, each holding a key-value pair that
32 * can be configured to hold additional information for an
33 * implementing institution.
34 *
35 * Note: the key may be repeated more than once to simulate a list
36 * of values.
37 *
38 * @name Dynamic Attributes
39 */
40 public List<? extends Attribute> getAttributes();
41 }