1 /*
2 * Copyright 2005-2008 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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16 */
17 package org.kuali.rice.kew.rule;
18
19 import java.util.List;
20 import java.util.Map;
21
22 import org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.bo.RuleBaseValuesLookupableImpl;
23 import org.kuali.rice.kns.web.ui.Row;
24
25
26 /**
27 * An interface which can be implemented by a {@link WorkflowAttribute} implementation which allows
28 * a different List of {@link Row} objects to be returned for rendering on the rule lookup screen.
29 *
30 * @see RuleBaseValuesLookupableImpl
31 *
32 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
33 */
34 public interface OddSearchAttribute {
35
36 /**
37 * If your attribute is an OddSearchAttribute this method will be used to get search rows instead of the
38 * usually called get RuleRows. Generally this is used for Attributes that want to expose drop downs
39 * for Rule Entry but need special wild card fields for seaches that wouldn't work for rule entry.
40 */
41 public List getSearchRows();
42
43 /**
44 * validate search data and populate attribute with search data
45 * @param paramMap
46 * @return
47 */
48 public List validateSearchData(Map paramMap);
49
50 }