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016    package org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.document.search;
017    
018    import org.kuali.rice.core.api.uif.RemotableAttributeFieldContract;
019    
020    import java.util.List;
021    
022    /**
023     * Defines how the display of results on the document search should be customized and configured.  This class can be
024     * used to remove standard fields from the result set that are typically show on document search results.  This class
025     * is also used to add additional fields
026     *
027     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
028     */
029    public interface DocumentSearchResultSetConfigurationContract {
030    
031        /**
032         * Returns true if the custom field names returned by {@link #getCustomFieldNamesToAdd()} should be used to define
033         * the order of searchable attributes as well as additional custom additional fields.  Returns false if any
034         * searchable attribute values should be included in the result set according to their existing configuration.
035         *
036         * @return true if custom field names defined by this object should override any default searchable attribute result
037         * field display behavior, flase if searchable attribute fields should still be displayed in the result set
038         * according to their own configuration
039         */
040        boolean isOverrideSearchableAttributes();
041    
042        /**
043         * Returns a list of field names of custom fields representing document attributes which should be added to the
044         * result set.  This may contains fields that are defined in {@link #getAdditionalAttributeFields()} or also fields
045         * defined as part of a {@link org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.document.attribute.SearchableAttribute} (see {@code isOverrideSearchableAttributes()}).
046         *
047         * @return a list of field names of custom document attributes which should be added to the result set, can be an
048         * empty or null list in which case no fields will be added
049         */
050        List<String> getCustomFieldNamesToAdd();
051    
052        /**
053         * Returns a list of the standard (built-in) document search result fields which should not be displayed in the
054         * result set.  The document search implementation should do it's best to honor the request to remove standard
055         * fields from the result set, but it is free to ignore such requests if needed.  An example of this would be a
056         * preference for the implementation of document search that requires certain result set fields to remain (such as
057         * the document id and route log which is usually recommended to display).
058         *
059         * @return a list of standard result fields to remove from inclusion in the result set, may be an empty or null
060         * list if no standard result fields should be removed
061         */
062        List<StandardResultField> getStandardResultFieldsToRemove();
063    
064        /**
065         * Gets attribute field definitions for additional attributes that may be displayed in the result set.  This simply
066         * defines the attribute field definition for each of these fields, their inclusion here does not necessarily mean
067         * they will be visible in the result set.  This is controlled primarily by {@link #getCustomFieldNamesToAdd()}.
068         *
069         * @return a list containing additional attribute fields to define for use when constructing the result set, this
070         * method can return a null or empty list if there are no additional attribute fields to define
071         */
072        List<? extends RemotableAttributeFieldContract> getAdditionalAttributeFields();
073    
074    }