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 * Copyright 2005-2013 The Kuali Foundation
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.kuali.rice.coreservice.api.style;

import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.GloballyUnique;
import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;
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 Style.  A style represents a stylesheet that is used for transforming data from
 * one format to another (currently only XSL is supported).
 * 
 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
 *
 */
public interface StyleContract extends Identifiable, Versioned, GloballyUnique, Inactivatable {

	/**
	 * Returns the name of this style.  All styles have a name and this value
	 * can never be null or blank.  The name must be unique within the entire
	 * repository of existing styles.
	 * 
	 * @return the name of this style
	 */
	String getName();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the XML definition of this style as a String.
	 * 
	 * @return the xml definition of this style
	 */
	String getXmlContent();
}
