Term.java

/**
 * @(#) Term.java
 *
 * This file is part of the Course Scheduler, an open source, cross platform
 * course scheduling tool, configurable for most universities.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Devyse.io; All rights reserved.
 *
 * @license GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package io.devyse.scheduler.model;

/**
 * Interface describing a registration term.
 * 
 * @author Mike Reinhold
 * @since 4.12.4
 */
public interface Term {

	/**
	 * The unique term identifier for this term as defined by
	 * the university. Often a numeric representation of the
	 * year and semester (201402)
	 *
	 * @return the term identifier
	 */
	public String getId();
	
	/**
	 * The common name of the term as defined by the university.
	 * Often a "plain language" representation of the year and
	 * semester (Spring 2014)
	 *
	 * @return the term name
	 */
	public String getName();
}