org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.modifier
Interface ComponentModifier

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable, org.springframework.core.Ordered, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompareFieldCreateModifier, ComponentConvertModifier, ComponentModifierBase, LabelFieldSeparateModifier

public interface ComponentModifier
extends Configurable, Serializable, Ordered

Provides modification functionality for a Component

ComponentModifier instances are configured by the component's dictionary definition. They can be used to provide dynamic initialization behavior for a certain type of component or all components based on the getComponentsForLifecycle method. In addition they can do dynamic generation of new Component instances, or replacement of the components or their properties.

Modifiers provide for more usability and flexibility of component configuration. For instance if a Group definition is already configured that is close to what the developer needs, but they need to make global changes of the group, then can invoke or create a ComponentModifier for the group to apply those changes. The configuration can then inherit the exiting group definition and then specify the modifier to run with the component's componentModifiers property.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.Ordered

INITIAL_ORDER_VALUE

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE

Method Summary

List<Component>	getComponentPrototypes() List of components that are maintained by the modifier as prototypes for creating other component instances
int	getOrder()
String	getRunCondition() Conditional expression to evaluate for determining whether the component modifier should be run.
String	getRunPhase() Indicates what phase of the component lifecycle the ComponentModifier should be invoked in (INITIALIZE, APPLY_MODEL, or FINALIZE)
Set<Class<? extends Component>>	getSupportedComponents() Set of Component classes that may be sent to the modifier
void	performInitialization(View view, Object model, Component component) Should be called to initialize the ComponentModifier
void	performModification(View view, Object model, Component component) Invoked within the configured phase of the component lifecycle.
void	setOrder(int order) Setter for the order value

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.Configurable

getPropertyExpression, getPropertyExpressions, setPropertyExpressions

Method Detail

performInitialization

void performInitialization(View view,
                           Object model,
                           Component component)

Should be called to initialize the ComponentModifier

This is where component modifiers can set defaults and setup other necessary state. The initialize method should only be called once per layout manager lifecycle and is invoked within the initialize phase of the view lifecylce.

Note if the component modifier holds nested components, they should be initialized in this method by calling the view helper service

Parameters:

view - - View instance the component modifier is a part of

component - - Component the modifier is configured on

See Also:

ViewHelperService.performInitialization(org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.view.View, java.lang.Object)

performModification

void performModification(View view,
                         Object model,
                         Component component)

Invoked within the configured phase of the component lifecycle. This is where the ComponentModifier should perform its work against the given Component instance

Parameters:

view - - the view instance to which the component belongs

model - - top level object containing the view data

component - - the component instance to modify

See Also:

(View, Component)

getSupportedComponents

Set<Class<? extends Component>> getSupportedComponents()

Set of Component classes that may be sent to the modifier

If an empty or null list is returned, it is assumed the modifier supports all components. The returned set will be used by the dictionary validation

Returns:

Set component classes

getComponentPrototypes

List<Component> getComponentPrototypes()

List of components that are maintained by the modifier as prototypes for creating other component instances

Prototypes are held for configuring how a component should be created during the lifecycle. An example of this are the fields in a collection group that are created for each collection record. They only participate in the initialize phase.

Returns:

List child component prototypes

getRunPhase

String getRunPhase()

Indicates what phase of the component lifecycle the ComponentModifier should be invoked in (INITIALIZE, APPLY_MODEL, or FINALIZE)

Returns:

String view lifecycle phase

See Also:

UifConstants.ViewPhases

getRunCondition

String getRunCondition()

Conditional expression to evaluate for determining whether the component modifier should be run. If the expression evaluates to true the modifier will be executed, otherwise it will not be executed

Returns:

String el expression that should evaluate to boolean

getOrder

int getOrder()

Specified by:

getOrder in interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

See Also:

Ordered.getOrder()

setOrder

void setOrder(int order)

Description copied from interface: Ordered

Setter for the order value

See Also:

Ordered.setOrder(int)