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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2008 The Kuali Foundation
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    * 
8    * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9    * 
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15   */
16  package org.kuali.ole.sys.document.web;
17  
18  import java.util.List;
19  
20  import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
21  import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;
22  import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag;
23  
24  import org.kuali.rice.kns.web.ui.Field;
25  
26  /**
27   * Methods needed by elements of accounting lines that plan on rendering themselves
28   */
29  public interface RenderableElement {
30      /**
31       * Determines if this element is hidden or not
32       * @return true if hidden, false otherwise
33       */
34      public abstract boolean isHidden();
35      
36      /**
37       * Determines if this element is an action block or not
38       * @return true if this is an action block, false otherwise
39       */
40      public abstract boolean isActionBlock();
41      
42      /**
43       * Is this renderable element empty of any truly renderable content?
44       * @return true if it should not be rendered, false otherwise
45       */
46      public abstract boolean isEmpty();
47      
48      /**
49       * Renders this element
50       * @param pageContext the context to render to
51       * @param parentTag the parent tag that is requesting this rendering
52       * @param renderingContext the context about the accounting line that this element would end up rendering
53       */
54      public abstract void renderElement(PageContext pageContext, Tag parentTag, AccountingLineRenderingContext renderingContext) throws JspException;
55      
56      /**
57       * Asks that the renderable element appends any field names it knows of to the given list; this is so that proper quick finders can be generated
58       * and population accomplished when fields themselves are rendered
59       * @param fieldNames the List of fields to append fields to
60       */
61      public abstract void appendFields(List<Field> fields);
62      
63      /**
64       * Allows the arbitrarily high tab index to be set for controls
65       * @param reallyHighIndex a really high index for elements who should not be tabbed to
66       */
67      public abstract void populateWithTabIndexIfRequested(int reallyHighIndex);
68  }