org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.type

Interface KrmsTypeDefinitionContract

All Superinterfaces:

Identifiable, Inactivatable, Versioned

All Known Implementing Classes:

KrmsTypeDefinition, KrmsTypeDefinition.Builder

public interface KrmsTypeDefinitionContract
extends Identifiable, Inactivatable, Versioned

Defines the contract for a KRMS type definition.

A KrmsTypeDefinition is a metadata wrapper around a KRMS type service. This contains a collection of related attributes. This also provides the name of the service used to resolve these attributes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<? extends KrmsTypeAttributeContract>	getAttributes() Returns a list of attributes associated with the KRMS type definition.
String	getName() Returns the name of the KrmsTypeDefinition.
String	getNamespace() Returns the namespace to which the KrmsTypeDefinition belongs.
String	getServiceName() Returns the name of the service used to resolve attribute values.

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Identifiable

getId

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.active.Inactivatable

isActive

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.common.Versioned

getVersionNumber

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the KrmsTypeDefinition. All KrmsTypeDefinitions have a name, so this value can not be null or blank. The combination of name and namespace must be unique within the entire KRMS system.

Returns:

the name of this KrmsTypeDefinition

getNamespace

String getNamespace()

Returns the namespace to which the KrmsTypeDefinition belongs. All type definitions exist within a namespace. This value can not be null or blank. The combination of name and namespace must be unique within the entire KRMS system.

Returns:

the namespace of this KrmsTypeDefinition

getServiceName

String getServiceName()

Returns the name of the service used to resolve attribute values. The service name may be null or blank.

Returns:

the service name of this KrmsTypeDefinition

getAttributes

List<? extends KrmsTypeAttributeContract> getAttributes()

Returns a list of attributes associated with the KRMS type definition. This can be empty, but will never be null. If no attribute definitions are associated with the KRMS type then this will return an empty collection.

Returns:

the list of KrmsTypeAttributeContract attribute definition contracts