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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
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13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.control;
17  
18  import org.kuali.rice.core.api.util.KeyValue;
19  
20  import java.util.List;
21  
22  /**
23   * Indicates <code>Control</code> types that can hold more than one value for selection
24   *
25   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
26   */
27  public interface MultiValueControl {
28  
29      /**
30       * <code>List</code> of values the control can accept. Each value consists
31       * of a key and a label. The key is the what will be submitted back if the
32       * user selects the choice, the label is what will be displayed to the user
33       * for the choice.
34       * <p>
35       * <code>KeyLabelPair</code> instances are usually generated by the
36       * <code>KeyValueFinder</code> associated with the <code>Field</code> for
37       * which the control belongs
38       * </p>
39       *
40       * @return List of KeyLabelPair instances
41       */
42      public List<KeyValue> getOptions();
43  
44      /**
45       * Sets the List of <code>KeyValue</code> pairs that make up the options for the control
46       *
47       * @param options
48       */
49      public void setOptions(List<KeyValue> options);
50  }