Package se.conciliate.extensions.attribute

Interface AttributeWidget

All Known Subinterfaces:

AttributeEditor, AttributePresenter<T>, AttributeWebWidget

public interface AttributeWidget

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static enum	AttributeWidget.WidgetType	The widget type determines where it is suitable to place the widget.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getID()	Returns a universally unique id for widgets of this kind.
String	getName()	Returns a displayable name in the current default locale or if a name is not available in that locale, a default displayable name.
Set<AttributeWidget.WidgetType>	getSupportedWidgetTypes()	Returns a set of the supported widget types that this widget has.
boolean	isSupported(AttributeDataType type)	Returns true if the values of the given data type can be handled by this widget, false otherwise.

Method Details

isSupported

boolean isSupported(AttributeDataType type)

Returns true if the values of the given data type can be handled by this widget, false otherwise.

Parameters:

type - The type in question

Returns:

True if the values of the given data type can be handled by this widget, false otherwise.

getName

String getName()

Returns a displayable name in the current default locale or if a name is not available in that locale, a default displayable name.

Returns:

a best effort localized name.

getID

String getID()

Returns a universally unique id for widgets of this kind. (Not a unique id per instance, but per class.)

Returns:

A universally unique id.

getSupportedWidgetTypes

Set<AttributeWidget.WidgetType> getSupportedWidgetTypes()

Returns a set of the supported widget types that this widget has. Returning an empty set results in undefined behaviour.

Returns:

a set of supported widget types.