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.
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9 *
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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 }