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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2008 The Kuali Foundation
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16  package org.kuali.ole.sys.document.web;
17  
18  /**
19   * A contract for accounting line view layout elements which join tables as part of an AccountingLineViewLines element
20   */
21  public interface AccountingLineViewLineFillingElement extends TableJoining, ReadOnlyable {
22      /**
23       * Finds the number of table cells this line expects to take up
24       * @return the number of displayed table cells this line expects to render as
25       */
26      public abstract int getDisplayingFieldWidth();
27      
28      /**
29       * A way to ask the line filling element if it wants its cell to be stretched to fill the line
30       * @return true if the line filling element should stretch its cell to fill the line; if false (or if the line contains more than a single cell), the line will be padded out with an empty cell
31       */
32      public abstract boolean shouldStretchToFillLine();
33  }