001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2017 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.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.kew.rule;
017
018/**
019 * A Rule wraps a rule definition (RuleBaseValues) and exposes it as a {@link RuleExpression}.
020 * 'Rule' is defined as an interface to make the contract in the system clear and independent of implementation.
021 * @see RuleBaseValues
022 * @see RuleExpression
023 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
024 */
025public interface Rule extends RuleExpression {
026    /**
027     * @return the rule definition this rule is associated with
028     */
029    public org.kuali.rice.kew.api.rule.RuleContract getDefinition();
030}