org.kuali.kra.irb.protocol

Interface ProtocolNumberService

All Superinterfaces:

ProtocolNumberServiceBase

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProtocolNumberServiceImpl

public interface ProtocolNumberService
extends ProtocolNumberServiceBase

ProtocolNumberService.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	generateProtocolNumber() Generate a unique Protocol Number.

Method Detail

generateProtocolNumber

String generateProtocolNumber()

Generate a unique Protocol Number. The Protocol Number has the following format: YYDDxxxxxx where YY is the year, e.g. 09. MM is the month, e.g. 03 for March xxxxxx is a sequence number

Specified by:

generateProtocolNumber in interface ProtocolNumberServiceBase

Returns:

a protocol number