oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.globalSearch.ui
Interface CategorySplitter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCategorySplitter, BICategorySplitter, PerCategorySplitter

public interface CategorySplitter

A strategy for splitting a list of SearchCategories into divisions for showing in the UI, one per tab.

Author:

David Groves <david.groves@oracle.com>

Method Summary

java.util.List<CategoryGroup>

split(java.util.List<SearchCategory> searchCategories, java.util.List<SearchCategory> allSearchableCategories) Split the categories.

Method Detail

split

java.util.List<CategoryGroup> split(java.util.List<SearchCategory> searchCategories,
                                    java.util.List<SearchCategory> allSearchableCategories)

Split the categories. Both args are assumed non-null and non-empty, furthermore searchCategories should be a subset of allSearchableCategories. The same splitting algorithm should be used on both args.

Parameters:

searchCategories - list of search categories to split.

allSearchableCategories - list of all search categories to split.

Returns:

List of groups.