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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2016 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
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10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.krad.web.service;
17  
18  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.field.AttributeQueryResult;
19  import org.kuali.rice.krad.web.form.UifFormBase;
20  import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
21  
22  /**
23   * Controller service that provides handling for query methods suggest as performing a lookup, field suggest,
24   * and field query.
25   *
26   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
27   */
28  public interface QueryControllerService {
29  
30      /**
31       * Handles the perform lookup action by building up a URL to the lookup view and configuring
32       * a redirect.
33       *
34       * @param form form instance containing the model data
35       * @return ModelAndView configured for redirecting to the lookup view
36       */
37      ModelAndView performLookup(UifFormBase form);
38  
39      /**
40       * Invoked to provides options (execute a query) for a field that contains a suggest widget.
41       *
42       * @param form form instance containing the model data
43       * @return AttributeQueryResult containing the results of the suggest query
44       */
45      AttributeQueryResult performFieldSuggest(UifFormBase form);
46  
47      /**
48       * Invoked to execute the attribute query associated with a field given the query parameters
49       * found in the request
50       *
51       * @param form form instance containing the model data
52       * @return AttributeQueryResult containing the results of the field query
53       */
54      AttributeQueryResult performFieldQuery(UifFormBase form);
55  }