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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.workflow.service;

 import java.util.List;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.util.AttributeSet;

 import org.kuali.rice.kew.docsearch.SearchableAttributeValue;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.bo.BusinessObject;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.RoutingTypeDefinition;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.WorkflowAttributes;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.document.Document;

 /**

  * A service which will resolve workflow attributes into the proper data for routing qualifier resolution 

  */

 public interface WorkflowAttributePropertyResolutionService {

     /** 

      * Generates a List of AttributeSet data from the data on the document for the given WorkflowAttributeDefinitions

      * @param document the document to gather data from

      * @param workflowAttributes the workflow attributes which have the routing type qualifiers to resolve

      * @return a List of populated AttributeSet data

      */

     public abstract List<AttributeSet> resolveRoutingTypeQualifiers(Document document, RoutingTypeDefinition routingTypeDefinition);

     /**

      * Given a document, returns the searchable attribute values to index for it

      * @param document the document to find indexable searchable attribute values for

      * @param workflowAttributes the WorkflowAttributes data dictionary metadata which contains the searchable attributes to index 

      * @return a List of SearchableAttributeValue objects for index

      */

     public abstract List<SearchableAttributeValue> resolveSearchableAttributeValues(Document document, WorkflowAttributes workflowAttributes);

     /**

      * Retrieves an object, the child of another given object passed in as a parameter, by the given path

      * @param object an object to find a child object of

      * @param path the path to that child object

      * @return the child object

      */

     public abstract Object getPropertyByPath(Object object, String path);

     /**

      * Determines the type of the field which is related to the given attribute name on instances of the given business object class

      * @param businessObjectClass the class of the business object which has an attribute

      * @param attributeName the name of the attribute

      * @return the String constrant representing what Field#fieldDataType this represents

      */

     public abstract String determineFieldDataType(Class<? extends BusinessObject> businessObjectClass, String attributeName);

     /**

      * Using the type of the sent in value, determines what kind of SearchableAttributeValue implementation should be passed back 

      * @param attributeKey

      * @param value

      * @return

      */

     public SearchableAttributeValue buildSearchableAttribute(Class<? extends BusinessObject> businessObjectClass, String attributeKey, Object value);

 }