org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.service
Interface ViewService

All Known Implementing Classes:

ViewServiceImpl

public interface ViewService

Provides service methods for retrieving and updating View instances. The UIF interacts with this service from the client layer to pull information from the View dictionary and manage the View instance through its lifecycle

Author:

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

Method Summary

void	buildView(View view, Object model, Map<String,String> parameters) Executes the view lifecycle on the given View instance which will prepare it for rendering
View	getViewById(String viewId) Returns the View entry identified by the given id
View	getViewByType(UifConstants.ViewType viewType, Map<String,String> parameters) Retrieves the View instance that is of the given view type and matches the given parameters (that are applicable for that type).
ViewTypeService	getViewTypeService(UifConstants.ViewType viewType)

Method Detail

getViewById

View getViewById(String viewId)

Returns the View entry identified by the given id

The id matches the id configured for the View through the dictionary. A new view instance is returned that is in the created state

Parameters:

viewId - - unique id for view configured on its definition

Returns:

View instance associated with the id or Null if id is not found

getViewByType

View getViewByType(UifConstants.ViewType viewType,
                   Map<String,String> parameters)

Retrieves the View instance that is of the given view type and matches the given parameters (that are applicable for that type). If more than one views exists for the type and parameters, the view type may choose a default or throw an exception

If a view if found for the type parameters, a new instance is returned that is in the created state

Parameters:

viewType - - name that identifies the view type

parameters - - Map of parameter key/value pairs that are used to select the view, the parameters allowed depend on the view type

Returns:

View instance or Null if a matching view was not found

buildView

void buildView(View view,
               Object model,
               Map<String,String> parameters)

Executes the view lifecycle on the given View instance which will prepare it for rendering

Any configuration sent through the options Map is used to initialize the View. This map contains present options the view is aware of and will typically come from request parameters. e.g. For maintenance Views there is the maintenance type option (new, edit, copy)

After view retrieval, applies updates to the view based on the model data which Performs dynamic generation of fields (such as collection rows), conditional logic, and state updating (conditional hidden, read-only, required).

Parameters:

view - - view instance that should be built

model - - object instance containing the view data

parameters - - Map of key values pairs that provide configuration for the View, this is generally comes from the request and can be the request parameter Map itself. Any parameters not valid for the View will be filtered out

getViewTypeService

ViewTypeService getViewTypeService(UifConstants.ViewType viewType)