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016package org.kuali.ole.sys.document.web;
017
018/**
019 * A contract for accounting line view layout elements which join tables as part of an AccountingLineViewLines element
020 */
021public interface AccountingLineViewLineFillingElement extends TableJoining, ReadOnlyable {
022    /**
023     * Finds the number of table cells this line expects to take up
024     * @return the number of displayed table cells this line expects to render as
025     */
026    public abstract int getDisplayingFieldWidth();
027    
028    /**
029     * A way to ask the line filling element if it wants its cell to be stretched to fill the line
030     * @return true if the line filling element should stretch its cell to fill the line; if false (or if the line contains more than a single cell), the line will be padded out with an empty cell
031     */
032    public abstract boolean shouldStretchToFillLine();
033}