SponsorService (coeus-api-all 2105.0003 API)

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public interface SponsorService
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Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`SponsorContract`	`getSponsor(String sponsorCode)`	This method will retrieves a `SponsorContract` by sponsorCode.
`String`	`getSponsorName(String sponsorCode)`	This method will retrieves a sponsor name by sponsorCode.
`boolean`	`isValidSponsor(SponsorContract sponsor)`	This method determines whether a sponsor object is valid to be a sponsor.

- Method Detail
  - getSponsor
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SponsorContract getSponsor(String sponsorCode)
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    This method will retrieves a SponsorContract by sponsorCode. The sponsorCode cannot be blank.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sponsorCode - the sponsorCode. Cannot be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the SponsorContract or null if not found.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the sponsorCode is blank
  - getSponsorName
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String getSponsorName(String sponsorCode)
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    This method will retrieves a sponsor name by sponsorCode. The sponsorCode cannot be blank.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sponsorCode - the sponsorCode. Cannot be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the sponsor name or null if not found.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the sponsorCode is blank
  - isValidSponsor
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boolean isValidSponsor(SponsorContract sponsor)
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    This method determines whether a sponsor object is valid to be a sponsor. A valid sponsor is a non-null active sponsor. The sponsor argument can be null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sponsor - the sponsor to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if valid, false if not valid