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16  package org.kuali.rice.kew.rule;
17  
18  import org.kuali.rice.kew.api.rule.RoleName;
19  import org.kuali.rice.kew.api.rule.RuleTemplateAttribute;
20  import org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.bo.RuleTemplateAttributeBo;
21  
22  import java.util.List;
23  import java.util.Map;
24  
25  /**
26   * Handles communication between {@link org.kuali.rice.kew.framework.rule.attribute.WorkflowRuleAttributeHandlerService}
27   * endpoints in order to invoke {@link WorkflowRuleAttribute} code which might be hosted from various applications.
28   *
29   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
30   */
31  public interface WorkflowRuleAttributeMediator {
32  
33      /**
34       * Returns rule row configuration for the workflow rule attribute defined on the given RuleTemplateAttribute. These
35       * are the rows which show up on the rule and rule delegation maintenance screen when creating or editing a rule
36       * or rule delegation which uses the given attribute, as well as on the inquiry for the rule.
37       *
38       * <p>Will use the supplied parameters to populate the WorkflowRuleAttribute by running the validateRuleData method
39       * on that attribute. The result of this call contains any validation errors, the Row objects as constructed by the
40       * attribute, and the final values for the rule extensions after validation and processing has been executed.</p>
41       *
42       * @param parameters a map of parameters to pass to the backend WorkflowRuleAttribute for validation, may be null or
43       *                   an empty map
44       * @param ruleTemplateAttribute the RuleTemplateAttribute which defines the ExtensionDefinition for the
45       *                              WorkflowRuleAttribute against which to validate and retrieve the rows, as well as
46       *                              the required flag which should be passed to the attribute
47       *
48       * @return the result of validating and retrieving rule rows, will never return null
49       */
50      WorkflowRuleAttributeRows getRuleRows(Map<String, String> parameters, RuleTemplateAttribute ruleTemplateAttribute);
51  
52      /**
53       * Equivalent to {@link #getRuleRows(java.util.Map, org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.bo.RuleTemplateAttributeBo)} but takes
54       * a {@link RuleTemplateAttributeBo} instead of a {@link RuleTemplateAttribute}. Exists primarily for convenience of
55       * the calling code.
56       */
57      WorkflowRuleAttributeRows getRuleRows(Map<String, String> parameters, RuleTemplateAttributeBo ruleTemplateAttribute);
58  
59      /**
60       * Returns rule attribute row configuration for the workflow rule attribute defined on the given RuleTemplateAttribute.
61       * These are the rows which show up on the Routing Report screen when using a RuleTemplate which includes the 
62       * given RuleTemplateAttribute.
63       *
64       * <p>Will use the supplied parameters to populate the WorkflowRuleAttribute by running the validateRoutingData method
65       * on that attribute.  The result of this call contains any validation errors, the Row objects as constructed by the
66       * attribute, and the final values for the rule extensions after validation and processing has been executed.</p>
67       *
68       * @param parameters a map of parameters to pass to the backend WorkflowRuleAttribute for validation, may be null or
69       *                   an empty map
70       * @param ruleTemplateAttribute the RuleTemplateAttribute which defines the ExtensionDefinition for the
71       *                              WorkflowRuleAttribute against which to validate and retrieve the search rows, as
72       *                              well as the required flag which should be passed to the attribute
73       *
74       * @return the result of validating and retrieving rule search rows, will never return null
75       */
76      WorkflowRuleAttributeRows getRoutingDataRows(Map<String, String> parameters, RuleTemplateAttribute ruleTemplateAttribute);
77  
78      /**
79       * Equivalent to {@link #getRoutingDataRows(java.util.Map, org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.bo.RuleTemplateAttributeBo)} but takes
80       * a {@link RuleTemplateAttributeBo} instead of a {@link RuleTemplateAttribute}. Exists primarily for convenience of
81       * the calling code.
82       */
83      WorkflowRuleAttributeRows getRoutingDataRows(Map<String, String> parameters, RuleTemplateAttributeBo ruleTemplateAttribute);
84  
85      /**
86       * Returns rule search row configuration for the workflow rule attribute defined on the given RuleTemplateAttribute.
87       * These are the rows which show up on the rule and rule delegation lookup screen when searching for rules
88       * or rule delegations using a RuleTemplate which includes the given RuleTemplateAttribute.
89       *
90       * <p>Will use the supplied parameters to populate the WorkflowRuleAttribute by running the validateRuleData method
91       * on that attribute (or if the attribute implements WorkflowRuleSearchAttribute, will execute validateSearchData).
92       * The result of this call contains any validation errors, the Row objects as constructed by the attribute, and the
93       * final values for the rule extensions after validation and processing has been executed.</p>
94       *
95       * @param parameters a map of parameters to pass to the backend WorkflowRuleAttribute for validation, may be null or
96       *                   an empty map
97       * @param ruleTemplateAttribute the RuleTemplateAttribute which defines the ExtensionDefinition for the
98       *                              WorkflowRuleAttribute against which to validate and retrieve the search rows, as
99       *                              well as the required flag which should be passed to the attribute
100      *
101      * @return the result of validating and retrieving rule search rows, will never return null
102      */
103     WorkflowRuleAttributeRows getSearchRows(Map<String, String> parameters, RuleTemplateAttribute ruleTemplateAttribute);
104 
105     /**
106      * Equivalent to call {@link #getSearchRows(java.util.Map, org.kuali.rice.kew.api.rule.RuleTemplateAttribute)} but
107      * passes a custom value for the required flag that is passed to the attribute instead of using the one defined by
108      * the given {@link org.kuali.rice.kew.api.rule.RuleTemplateAttribute#isRequired()}. The main use case for this
109      * is in the case of a lookup where it's desirable to disable required validation for search fields that have not
110      * been filled in (in that case a value of "false" would be passed as the last argument to this method).
111      */
112     WorkflowRuleAttributeRows getSearchRows(Map<String, String> parameters, RuleTemplateAttribute ruleTemplateAttribute, boolean required);
113 
114     /**
115      * Returns the list of role names as defined on the {@link RoleAttribute} defined by the given rule template
116      * attribute. In this case that the defined rule template attribute does not represent a role attribute or does
117      * not return any role names, this method will return an empty list.
118      *
119      * @param ruleTemplateAttribute the RuleTemplateAttribute which defines the ExtensionDefinition for the
120      *                              RoleAttribute from which to fetch the role names
121      *
122      * @retun the list of role names from the attribute, or an empty list if none are defined, will never return null
123      */
124     List<RoleName> getRoleNames(RuleTemplateAttributeBo ruleTemplateAttribute);
125 
126 }
127 
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