1 /**
2 * Copyright 2005-2015 The Kuali Foundation
3 *
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5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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15 */
16 package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.service;
17
18 import java.util.Map;
19
20 import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.field.AttributeQueryResult;
21 import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.lifecycle.ViewPostMetadata;
22
23 /**
24 * Provides methods for executing <code>AttributeQuery</code> instances
25 * and preparing the <code>AttributeQueryResult</code> with the result of the query
26 *
27 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
28 */
29 public interface AttributeQueryService {
30
31 /**
32 * Executes the <code>AttributeQuery</code> associated with the <code>Suggest</code> widget within
33 * the field given by the Id. The given Map of key/value pairs are used to populate the criteria part of the
34 * attribute query or as arguments to the query method. The fieldTerm parameter gives the current value
35 * of the field that should be matched on. The query is expected to return a list of values to suggest
36 *
37 * @param viewPostMetadata - post metadata related to the field
38 * @param fieldId - id for the attribute field to perform the query for
39 * @param fieldTerm - the partial value of the query field to match
40 * @param queryParameters - map of key/value pairs that are parameters to the query
41 * @return AttributeQueryResult instance populated with the List<String> data field of result data
42 */
43 public AttributeQueryResult performFieldSuggestQuery(ViewPostMetadata viewPostMetadata,
44 String fieldId, String fieldTerm, Map<String, String> queryParameters);
45
46 /**
47 * Executes the <code>AttributeQuery</code> associated with the field given by the id. The given Map of key/value
48 * pairs are used to populate the criteria part of the attribute query or as arguments to the query method.
49 * The query is expected to return a Map of field name/value pairs (unlike the suggest query which just returns
50 * values for one field)
51 *
52 * @param viewPostMetadata - post metadata related to the field
53 * @param fieldId - id for the attribute field to perform the query for
54 * @param queryParameters - map of key/value pairs that are parameters to the query
55 * @return AttributeQueryResult instance populated with the Map<String, String> of result field data
56 */
57 public AttributeQueryResult performFieldQuery(ViewPostMetadata viewPostMetadata,
58 String fieldId, Map<String, String> queryParameters);
59
60 }