1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2011 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.
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9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.control;
17
18 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.util.KeyValue;
19
20 import java.util.List;
21
22 /**
23 * Indicates <code>Control</code> types that can hold more than one value for selection
24 *
25 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
26 */
27 public interface MultiValueControl {
28
29 /**
30 * <code>List</code> of values the control can accept. Each value consists
31 * of a key and a label. The key is the what will be submitted back if the
32 * user selects the choice, the label is what will be displayed to the user
33 * for the choice.
34 * <p>
35 * <code>KeyLabelPair</code> instances are usually generated by the
36 * <code>KeyValueFinder</code> associated with the <code>Field</code> for
37 * which the control belongs
38 * </p>
39 *
40 * @return List of KeyLabelPair instances
41 */
42 public List<KeyValue> getOptions();
43
44 /**
45 * Sets the List of <code>KeyValue</code> pairs that make up the options for the control
46 *
47 * @param options
48 */
49 public void setOptions(List<KeyValue> options);
50 }