1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2015 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 *
8 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.service;
17
18 import java.util.Collection;
19 import java.util.Map;
20
21 /**
22 * Defines business logic methods that support the Lookup framework
23 *
24 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
25 */
26 public interface LookupService {
27
28 /**
29 * Returns a collection of objects based on the given search parameters.
30 * Will not limit results, so the returned Collection could be huge.
31 * o
32 * @param example
33 * @param formProps
34 * @return
35 */
36 public <T extends Object> Collection<T> findCollectionBySearchUnbounded(Class<T> example,
37 Map<String, String> formProps);
38
39 /**
40 * Returns a collection of objects based on the given search parameters.
41 *
42 * @return Collection returned from the search
43 */
44 public <T extends Object> Collection<T> findCollectionBySearch(Class<T> example, Map<String, String> formProps);
45
46 public <T extends Object> Collection<T> findCollectionBySearchHelper(Class<T> example,
47 Map<String, String> formProperties, boolean unbounded);
48
49 /**
50 * Retrieves a Object based on the search criteria, which should uniquely
51 * identify a record.
52 *
53 * @return Object returned from the search
54 */
55 public <T extends Object> T findObjectBySearch(Class<T> example, Map<String, String> formProps);
56
57 public boolean allPrimaryKeyValuesPresentAndNotWildcard(Class<?> boClass, Map<String, String> formProps);
58 }