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002 * Copyright 2005-2014 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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016package org.kuali.rice.kew.rule;
017
018import org.kuali.rice.core.api.uif.RemotableAttributeError;
019import org.kuali.rice.kew.rule.bo.RuleBaseValuesLookupableImpl;
020import org.kuali.rice.kns.web.ui.Row;
021
022import java.util.List;
023import java.util.Map;
024
025/**
026 * An interface which can be implemented by a {@link WorkflowRuleAttribute} implementation which allows
027 * a different List of {@link Row} objects to be returned for rendering on the rule lookup screen.
028 * 
029 * @see RuleBaseValuesLookupableImpl
030 *
031 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
032 */
033public interface WorkflowRuleSearchAttribute extends WorkflowRuleAttribute{
034
035    /**
036     * If your attribute is an OddSearchAttribute this method will be used to get search rows instead of the
037     * usually called get RuleRows.  Generally this is used for Attributes that want to expose drop downs
038     * for Rule Entry but need special wild card fields for searches that wouldn't work for rule entry.
039     */
040    List<Row> getSearchRows();
041    
042    /** 
043     * validate search data and populate attribute with search data
044     * @param paramMap
045     * @return
046     */
047    List<RemotableAttributeError> validateSearchData(Map<String, String> paramMap);
048    
049}