001    /*
002     * Copyright 2011 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.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
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009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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015     */
016    package org.kuali.kfs.sys.document.datadictionary;
017    
018    import org.kuali.kfs.sys.businessobject.AccountingLine;
019    import org.kuali.kfs.sys.document.web.AccountingLineViewLineFillingElement;
020    
021    /**
022     * Contract for elements which can live within an AccountingLineViewLinesDefinition, as they promise they will fill at least one table row
023     */
024    public interface AccountingLineViewLineFillingDefinition extends AccountingLineViewRenderableElementDefinition {
025        /**
026         * Has the definition create not just a layout element, but a line filling layout element
027         * @param accountingLineClass the class of the accounting line being rendered
028         * @return an AccountingLineViewLineFillingElement based off of this definition
029         */
030        public abstract AccountingLineViewLineFillingElement createLineFillingLayoutElement(Class<? extends AccountingLine> accountingLineClass);
031    }