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package org.mifos.application.master.business;

import java.util.Set;

import org.mifos.framework.business.AbstractEntity;

/**
 * Subclasses of this class provide access to the database tables which
 * correspond to enum-like classes.
 *
 * The replacement for a subclass of this class generally will be an enum. We
 * generally expect to move looking up messages from the database for
 * localization (language and MFI) to MessageLookup.
 */
public abstract class MasterDataEntity extends AbstractEntity {

    private Short localeId;

    public Short getLocaleId() {
        return localeId;
    }

    public void setLocaleId(Short localeId) {
        this.localeId = localeId;
    }

    public abstract Short getId();

    public abstract Set<LookUpValueLocaleEntity> getNames();

    public abstract String getName();

    public abstract LookUpValueEntity getLookUpValue();

}