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package com.openmeap.model;
import java.util.Map;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Exists so that arguments into methods of the ModelService can be constrained to Model members.
* @author schang
*/
public interface ModelEntity {
Object getPk();
void setPk(Object pkValue);
/**
* Unlinks the model from entities it has bidirectional associations with.
*/
void remove();
/**
* @return a map pairing getter methods with what was wrong with the method's value.
*/
Map<Method,String> validate();
}