org.kuali.rice.kew.api.document.search
Interface DocumentSearchCriteriaContract

All Known Implementing Classes:

DocumentSearchCriteria, DocumentSearchCriteria.Builder

public interface DocumentSearchCriteriaContract

Defines the contract for criteria used to perform lookups of workflow document data. None of the elements that can be defined on the criteria are required. Therefore, any method on this class may return a null value, though in the case of collections, an empty collection will be returned instead.

In general, the different values on the criteria allow the standard lookup "operators" as defined by SearchOperator unless otherwise noted. The primary place where this differs is on principal name-based criteria (see below).

• only literal principal names that resolve to a valid principal are allowed
• however, if the principal names don't resolve to valid prinicpals, this simply means the lookup will return no results
• "!" is allowed before a principal name
• when wanting to search for more than one principal, "|" and "&&" is allowed though they cannot be used together

Wildcards, ranges, and other "inequality" operators (such as ">", "<", etc.) are not permitted on principal names.

In cases where a criteria element takes a list of values, this should be treated as an implicit "OR" by the lookup implementation. This is true of document attribute values as well, which are passed as a map keyed off the document attribute name with a list of values representing the document attribute values to be searched for.

The optional "save name" on the search defines a name under which the criteria can be stored so that it can be recalled and reused later.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

List<String>	getAdditionalDocumentTypeNames() Returns an optional list of additional document type name criteria against which to search.
String	getApplicationDocumentId() Returns the application document id criteria to search against when executing the document search.
String	getApplicationDocumentStatus() Returns the application document status criteria to search against when executing the document search.
String	getApproverPrincipalName() Returns the criteria for the principal name of an "approver" of a document (someone who took action against the document) to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateApplicationDocumentStatusChangedFrom() Returns the inclusive lower end of the date of application document status change criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateApplicationDocumentStatusChangedTo() Returns the inclusive upper end of the date of application document status change criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateApprovedFrom() Returns the inclusive lower end of the date approved criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateApprovedTo() Returns the inclusive upper end of the date approved criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateCreatedFrom() Returns the inclusive lower end of the date created criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateCreatedTo() Returns the inclusive upper end of the date created criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateFinalizedFrom() Returns the inclusive lower end of the date finalized criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateFinalizedTo() Returns the inclusive upper end of the date finalized criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateLastModifiedFrom() Returns the inclusive lower end of the date last modified criteria to search against when executing the document search.
org.joda.time.DateTime	getDateLastModifiedTo() Returns the inclusive upper end of the date last modified criteria to search against when executing the document search.
Map<String,List<String>>	getDocumentAttributeValues() Returns a map of document attribute values to search against when executing the document search.
String	getDocumentId() Returns the document id criteria to search against when executing the document search.
List<DocumentStatusCategory>	getDocumentStatusCategories() Returns an unmodifiable list of document status categories to search against when executing the document search.
List<DocumentStatus>	getDocumentStatuses() Returns an unmodifiable list of document statuses to search against when executing the document search.
String	getDocumentTypeName() Returns the document type name criteria to search against when executing the document search.
String	getInitiatorPrincipalName() Returns the criteria for the principal name of the document initiator to search against when executing the document search.
Integer	getMaxResults() Returns the requested maximum number of documents that should be returned from a document search performed using this criteria.
RouteNodeLookupLogic	getRouteNodeLookupLogic() Returns the logic that should be used when performing a document search against the route name.
String	getRouteNodeName() Returns the route node name criteria to search against when executing the document search.
String	getSaveName() Return the name under which to save this criteria so that it can be recalled and used again in the future.
Integer	getStartAtIndex() Returns the 0-based index in the result set at which to start returning results from a document search which is performed using this criteria.
String	getTitle() Returns the document title criteria to search against when executing the document search.
String	getViewerGroupId() Returns the criteria for the id of a group who is a "viewer" of a document (a group who received an action request related to the document) to search against when executing the document search.
String	getViewerPrincipalName() Returns the criteria for the principal name of a "viewer" of a document (someone who received an action request related to the document) to search against when executing the document search.

Method Detail

getDocumentId

String getDocumentId()

Returns the document id criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the document id criteria

getDocumentStatuses

List<DocumentStatus> getDocumentStatuses()

Returns an unmodifiable list of document statuses to search against when executing the document search. If there is more than one of these, then the search should treat this as an "OR" case (i.e. search for documents with one or more of these statuses).

Returns:

the document status criteria

getDocumentStatusCategories

List<DocumentStatusCategory> getDocumentStatusCategories()

Returns an unmodifiable list of document status categories to search against when executing the document search. If there is more than one of these, then the search should treat this as an "OR" case (i.e. search for documents that have a status contained in one or more of these categories).

Returns:

the document status category criteria

getTitle

String getTitle()

Returns the document title criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the title criteria

getApplicationDocumentId

String getApplicationDocumentId()

Returns the application document id criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the application document id criteria

getApplicationDocumentStatus

String getApplicationDocumentStatus()

Returns the application document status criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the application document status criteria

getInitiatorPrincipalName

String getInitiatorPrincipalName()

Returns the criteria for the principal name of the document initiator to search against when executing the document search. Follows the rules for principal name criteria (see class-level documentation).

Returns:

the initiator principal name criteria

getViewerPrincipalName

String getViewerPrincipalName()

Returns the criteria for the principal name of a "viewer" of a document (someone who received an action request related to the document) to search against when executing the document search. Follows the rules for principal name criteria (see class-level documentation).

Returns:

the viewer principal name criteria

getViewerGroupId

String getViewerGroupId()

Returns the criteria for the id of a group who is a "viewer" of a document (a group who received an action request related to the document) to search against when executing the document search. Group id criteria follows rules similar to principal name criteria:

• only literal group ids that resolve to a valid group are allowed
• however, if the group ids don't resolve to valid groups, this simply means the search will return no results
• "!" is allowed before a group id
• when wanting to search on more than one viewer group id, use of "|" and "&&" is allowed, though they cannot be used together

Returns:

the viewer principal name criteria

getApproverPrincipalName

String getApproverPrincipalName()

Returns the criteria for the principal name of an "approver" of a document (someone who took action against the document) to search against when executing the document search. Follows the rules for principal name criteria (see class-level documentation).

Returns:

the viewer principal name criteria

getRouteNodeName

String getRouteNodeName()

Returns the route node name criteria to search against when executing the document search. By default this will match only documents which are at the node with the given name, unless getRouteNodeLookupLogic() returns a non-null value that specifies different criteria for how the route node-based lookup should be performed.

Returns:

the route node name criteria

getRouteNodeLookupLogic

RouteNodeLookupLogic getRouteNodeLookupLogic()

Returns the logic that should be used when performing a document search against the route name. This essentially allows for the criteria to specify whether or not it should look at documents which are currently before, exactly at, or after the specified route node. This value only has an effect if the route node name is also defined on this criteria.

Returns:

the route node lookup logic to use in conjunction with the route node name criteria

getDocumentTypeName

String getDocumentTypeName()

Returns the document type name criteria to search against when executing the document search. If the document type name matches a single document type exactly, this might trigger document search customizations which are tied to that document type (assuming the document type has such customizations configured).

In order for the map of document attribute values to be properly searchable, this document type name should result to a valid document type. This is because the document type itself defines information about custom document attributes and the parameters around how searches against those attributes can be executed.

Note that searches against a document type name should be document type hierarchy-aware. Meaning that the search should also return results for any documents that have document types that are children of the specified document type name (assuming that the specified document type name is valid and not wildcarded at all).

Returns:

the document type name criteria

getAdditionalDocumentTypeNames

List<String> getAdditionalDocumentTypeNames()

Returns an optional list of additional document type name criteria against which to search. The search should effectively return all documents that have a document type name within the set of the main document type name on the criteria as well as any additional document type names.

As with getDocumentTypeName(), the additional document type name criteria is document type hierarchy aware.

Returns:

the list of additional document type names to use on the search criteria

getDateCreatedFrom

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateCreatedFrom()

Returns the inclusive lower end of the date created criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date created "from" criteria

getDateCreatedTo

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateCreatedTo()

Returns the inclusive upper end of the date created criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date created "to" criteria

getDateLastModifiedFrom

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateLastModifiedFrom()

Returns the inclusive lower end of the date last modified criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date last modified "from" criteria

getDateLastModifiedTo

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateLastModifiedTo()

Returns the inclusive upper end of the date last modified criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date last modified "to" criteria

getDateApprovedFrom

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateApprovedFrom()

Returns the inclusive lower end of the date approved criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date approved "from" criteria

getDateApprovedTo

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateApprovedTo()

Returns the inclusive upper end of the date approved criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date approved "tp" criteria

getDateFinalizedFrom

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateFinalizedFrom()

Returns the inclusive lower end of the date finalized criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date finalized "from" criteria

getDateFinalizedTo

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateFinalizedTo()

Returns the inclusive upper end of the date finalized criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date finalized "to" criteria

getDateApplicationDocumentStatusChangedFrom

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateApplicationDocumentStatusChangedFrom()

Returns the inclusive lower end of the date of application document status change criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date application document status changed "from" criteria

getDateApplicationDocumentStatusChangedTo

org.joda.time.DateTime getDateApplicationDocumentStatusChangedTo()

Returns the inclusive upper end of the date of application document status change criteria to search against when executing the document search.

Returns:

the date application document status changed "to" criteria

getDocumentAttributeValues

Map<String,List<String>> getDocumentAttributeValues()

Returns a map of document attribute values to search against when executing the document search. The key of the map is the name of the document attribute, while the list of values contains values of those attributes to search against. These individual attribute values support the different search operations where appropriate. The resulting List of criteria values however should ultimately be "or"-ed together when executing the document search.

In order for the document attribute values to be processed as part of the criteria during the search, the getDocumentTypeName() must return a valid name of a document type which is configured to understand the attributes passed as part of the document attribute values map.

Returns:

getSaveName

String getSaveName()

Return the name under which to save this criteria so that it can be recalled and used again in the future. If no save name is specified, then this criteria will not be saved for future use.

Returns:

getStartAtIndex

Integer getStartAtIndex()

Returns the 0-based index in the result set at which to start returning results from a document search which is performed using this criteria. If not specified, results from the search should be returned starting at the beginning of the result set. If this index is larger then the total number of results returned by the actual search, then no values should be returned.

Returns:

the index in the result set at which to begin returning results

getMaxResults

Integer getMaxResults()

Returns the requested maximum number of documents that should be returned from a document search performed using this criteria. If not specified, it is up to the document search implementation to decide how many results to return. It is likely in such cases that the implementation will use a default result cap in order to prevent too many documents from being returned.

It is important to note that this value is meant simply as a request to the document search for the number of results to return. The implementation may return fewer results then requested if it decides to impose it's own internal cap on results.

Returns:

the requested number of maximum document results that should be returned from the search