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002 * Copyright 2005-2018 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.rice.kew.api.repository.type;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable;
019import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned;
020import org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable;
021
022import java.util.List;
023
024public interface KewTypeDefinitionContract extends Identifiable, Inactivatable,
025                Versioned {
026
027        /**
028         * This is the name for the KEWType
029         * 
030         * <p>
031         * It is a name of a KEW type.
032         * </p>
033         * 
034         * @return name for KEW type.
035         */
036        public String getName();
037
038        /**
039         * This is the namespace code.
040         * 
041         * <p>
042         * It provides scope of the KEW type.
043         * </p>
044         * 
045         * @return the namespace code of the KEW type.
046         */
047        public String getNamespace();
048
049        /**
050         * This is the name of the KEW KewType service
051         * 
052         * @return the service name of the KEW type
053         */
054        public String getServiceName();
055
056        /**
057         * This method returns a list of attributes associated with the KewType
058         * 
059         * @return a list of KewTypeAttribute objects.
060         */
061        public List<? extends KewTypeAttributeContract> getAttributes();
062}