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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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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  }