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

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).
String	getViewIdForViewType(UifConstants.ViewType viewType, Map<String,String> parameters) Retrieves the view id for the view associated with the given view type and view type parameters
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

getViewIdForViewType

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

Retrieves the view id for the view associated with the given view type and view type parameters

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:

id for the view or null if a matching view was not found

getViewTypeService

ViewTypeService getViewTypeService(UifConstants.ViewType viewType)