001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2016 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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007 *
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.exception.AttributeValidationException;
019
020/**
021 *  A complex attribute definition in the DataDictictionary. This can be be used to define 
022 *  an attribute for a DataObjectEntry's attribute list which is represented by another
023 *  object entry definition. It will 
024 * 
025 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
026 */
027public class ComplexAttributeDefinition extends AttributeDefinitionBase{
028        
029        protected DataDictionaryEntry dataObjectEntry;
030        
031
032        /**
033         * @return the dataObjectEntry
034         */
035        public DataDictionaryEntry getDataObjectEntry() {
036                return this.dataObjectEntry;
037        }
038
039        /**
040         * @param dataObjectEntry the dataObjectEntry to set
041         */
042        public void setDataObjectEntry(DataDictionaryEntry dataObjectEntry) {
043                this.dataObjectEntry = dataObjectEntry;
044        }
045
046
047        /**
048         * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.DataDictionaryDefinition#completeValidation(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class)
049         */
050        @Override
051        public void completeValidation(Class<?> rootObjectClass, Class<?> otherObjectClass) {
052                if (getDataObjectEntry() == null){
053                        throw new AttributeValidationException("complex property '" + getName() + "' in class '"
054                                        + rootObjectClass.getName() + " does not have a dataObjectClass defined");
055                        
056                }
057        }
058
059}