01: /*
02: * Copyright 2006 The Kuali Foundation.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16: package org.kuali.core.datadictionary.mask;
17:
18: import java.io.Serializable;
19:
20: /**
21: * Defines interface for a class that mask data values.
22: *
23: *
24: */
25: public interface MaskFormatter extends Serializable {
26:
27: /**
28: * Takes in the real data value and returns a masked string.
29: *
30: * @param value - data value
31: * @return String - masked value
32: */
33: public String maskValue(Object value);
34:
35: }
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