1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2012 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 *
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9 *
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.kew.rule;
17
18 import java.util.List;
19 import java.util.Map;
20
21 import org.kuali.rice.kew.exception.WorkflowServiceError;
22 import org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.bo.RuleBaseValuesLookupableImpl;
23 import org.kuali.rice.kns.web.ui.Row;
24
25 /**
26 * An interface which can be implemented by a {@link WorkflowRuleAttribute} implementation which allows
27 * a different List of {@link Row} objects to be returned for rendering on the rule lookup screen.
28 *
29 * @see RuleBaseValuesLookupableImpl
30 *
31 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
32 */
33 public interface WorkflowRuleSearchAttribute extends WorkflowRuleAttribute{
34
35 /**
36 * If your attribute is an OddSearchAttribute this method will be used to get search rows instead of the
37 * usually called get RuleRows. Generally this is used for Attributes that want to expose drop downs
38 * for Rule Entry but need special wild card fields for searches that wouldn't work for rule entry.
39 */
40 List<Row> getSearchRows();
41
42 /**
43 * validate search data and populate attribute with search data
44 * @param paramMap
45 * @return
46 */
47 List<WorkflowServiceError> validateSearchData(Map<String, String> paramMap);
48
49 }