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.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.krms.framework.type;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.krms.api.repository.function.FunctionDefinition;
019import org.kuali.rice.krms.framework.engine.Function;
020
021/**
022 * {@link FunctionTypeService} provides access and validation for custom {@link Function}s.
023 *
024 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
025 *
026 */
027public interface FunctionTypeService {
028
029    /**
030     * Create a {@Function} from the given {@link FunctionDefinition}.
031     * @param functionDefinition {@link FunctionDefinition} to create the {@link Function} from.
032     * @return {@Function} created with the given {@link FunctionDefinition}
033     */
034        Function loadFunction(FunctionDefinition functionDefinition);
035        
036}