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002 * Copyright 2005-2016 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
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005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.mask;
017
018import java.io.Serializable;
019
020/**
021 * Defines interface for a class that mask data values
022 * 
023 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
024 */
025public interface MaskFormatter extends Serializable {
026
027    /**
028     * Takes in the real data value and returns a masked string.
029     * 
030     * @param value - data value
031     * @return String - masked value
032     */
033    public String maskValue(Object value);
034
035}