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  * Copyright 2005-2007 The Kuali Foundation

  *

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 package org.kuali.rice.kew.docsearch;

 import java.io.Serializable;

 import java.util.Arrays;

 import java.util.List;

 import java.util.Map;

 import org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.WorkflowAttributeValidationError;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.web.ui.Row;

 /**

  * SearchableAttributeOld must implement this interface

  *

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface SearchableAttributeOld extends Serializable {

     /**

      * this gives the xml representation of the attribute; returning a standard java xml object might be a better

      * approach here

      *

      * @param documentSearchContext

      * @return

      */

     public String getSearchContent(DocumentSearchContext documentSearchContext);

     /**

      * this will return the loaded data objects for storage in workflow database to be related to the document the

      * attributes xml content was loaded with

      *

      * @param documentSearchContext

      * @return

      */

     public List<SearchableAttributeValue> getSearchStorageValues(DocumentSearchContext documentSearchContext);

     /**

      * this will return a list of field objects to be rendered in the docsearch interface

      *

      * @param documentSearchContext

      * @return

      */

     public List<Row> getSearchingRows(DocumentSearchContext documentSearchContext);

     /**

      * this will return a list of error objects if the user has made an input error

      *

      * @param paramMap map

      * @param searchContext document search context

      * @return list of workflow attribute validation errors

      */

     public List<WorkflowAttributeValidationError> validateUserSearchInputs(

                     Map<Object, Object> paramMap, DocumentSearchContext searchContext);

 }