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package org.apereo.portal.groups.pags.dao;

import java.util.Set;
import org.apereo.portal.EntityIdentifier;
import org.dom4j.Element;

/**
 * Describes the definition of a group. PAGS group definitions are used (at runtime) to create
 * groups in the GaP (Groups & Permissions) subsystem. An object of this type, therefore, is not
 * itself a group; it's a blueprint for an {@link IEntityGroup}.
 *
 */
public interface IPersonAttributesGroupDefinition {

    long getId();

    /**
     * Provides the {@link EntityIdentifier} that represents the {@link IEntityGroup} this
     * definition produces in GaP. This identifier will be available -- and identical -- whether the
     * group has been created already or not.
     */
    EntityIdentifier getCompositeEntityIdentifierForGroup();

    String getName();

    void setName(String groupName);

    String getDescription();

    void setDescription(String groupDescription);

    Set<IPersonAttributesGroupDefinition> getMembers();

    void setMembers(Set<IPersonAttributesGroupDefinition> members);

    Set<IPersonAttributesGroupTestGroupDefinition> getTestGroups();

    void setTestGroups(Set<IPersonAttributesGroupTestGroupDefinition> testGroups);

    /** Supports exporting. */
    void toElement(Element parent);
}