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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2005-2008 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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15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.kns.inquiry;
17  
18  import java.util.List;
19  import java.util.Map;
20  
21  import org.kuali.rice.kns.bo.BusinessObject;
22  import org.kuali.rice.kns.lookup.HtmlData;
23  
24  /**
25   * This interface defines the methods for inquirables.
26   */
27  public interface Inquirable {
28      public String getHtmlMenuBar();
29  
30      public String getTitle();
31  
32      public BusinessObject getBusinessObject(Map fieldValues);
33  
34      public List getSections(BusinessObject bo);
35  
36      public void setBusinessObjectClass(Class businessObjectClass);
37  
38      public void addAdditionalSections(List columns, BusinessObject bo);
39      
40      /**
41       * Indicates whether inactive records for the given collection should be display.
42       * 
43       * @param collectionName - name of the collection (or sub-collection) to check inactive record display setting
44       * @return true if inactive records should be displayed, false otherwise
45       */
46      public boolean getShowInactiveRecords(String collectionName);
47      
48      /**
49       * Returns the Map used to control the state of inactive record collection display. Exposed for setting from the
50       * maintenance jsp.
51       */
52      public Map<String, Boolean> getInactiveRecordDisplay();
53      
54      /**
55       * Indicates to maintainble whether or not inactive records should be displayed for the given collection name.
56       * 
57       * @param collectionName - name of the collection (or sub-collection) to set inactive record display setting
58       * @param showInactive - true to display inactive, false to not display inactive records
59       */
60      public void setShowInactiveRecords(String collectionName, boolean showInactive);
61      
62      public HtmlData getInquiryUrl(BusinessObject businessObject, String attributeName, boolean forceInquiry);
63  }