Package it.tidalwave.ui.core.role

Interface PresentationModel

All Superinterfaces:

it.tidalwave.util.As, Mutable

public interface PresentationModel
extends it.tidalwave.util.As, Mutable

TODO: As the NetBeans Node, it should allow children, have event listeners for children added/removed/changed. This class so becomes the true M in MVC.

Since:

2.0-ALPHA-1

Author:

Fabrizio Giudici

Stereotype:

Role

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface it.tidalwave.util.As

it.tidalwave.util.As.Type<T>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Class<PresentationModel>	_PresentationModel_
static final it.tidalwave.util.As.Type<it.tidalwave.role.SimpleComposite<PresentationModel>>	_SimpleCompositeOfPresentationModel_
static final String	CALLBACK_DISPOSE	This is an undocumented feature.
static final String	PROPERTY_CHILDREN

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	dispose()	Disposes this object.
static PresentationModel	empty()	Returns an empty instance (no roles, with the exception of a dummy Displayable).
static PresentationModel	of(Object owner)	Returns a new instance given an owner and no roles.
static PresentationModel	of(Object owner, Object role)	Returns a new instance given an owner and a single role.
static PresentationModel	of(Object owner, Collection<Object> roles)	Returns a new instance given an owner and multiple roles.
static PresentationModel	ofMaybePresentable(it.tidalwave.util.As owner)	Returns a new instance from an owner which might have the Presentable role.
static PresentationModel	ofMaybePresentable(it.tidalwave.util.As owner, Collection<Object> roles)	Returns a new instance from an owner which might have the Presentable role.

Methods inherited from interface it.tidalwave.util.As

as, as, asMany, asMany, maybeAs, maybeAs

Methods inherited from interface it.tidalwave.ui.core.Mutable

addListener, addListener1, addListener2, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, hasListeners, removeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Field Details

_PresentationModel_

static final Class<PresentationModel> _PresentationModel_

_SimpleCompositeOfPresentationModel_

static final it.tidalwave.util.As.Type<it.tidalwave.role.SimpleComposite<PresentationModel>> _SimpleCompositeOfPresentationModel_

PROPERTY_CHILDREN

static final String PROPERTY_CHILDREN

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

CALLBACK_DISPOSE

static final String CALLBACK_DISPOSE

This is an undocumented feature. If you add a NamedCallback with this name as a role in this object, it will be called back when dispose() is called.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

dispose

void dispose()

Disposes this object.

of

@Nonnull
static PresentationModel of(@Nonnull
 Object owner)

Returns a new instance given an owner and no roles..

Parameters:

owner - the owner

Returns:

a new instance given an owner and no roles

Since:

3.2-ALPHA-3

of

@Nonnull
static PresentationModel of(@Nonnull
 Object owner,
 @Nonnull
 Object role)

Returns a new instance given an owner and a single role..

Parameters:

owner - the owner

role - the role (or a RoleFactory)

Returns:

a new instance given an owner and a single role

Since:

3.2-ALPHA-3

of

@Nonnull
static PresentationModel of(@Nonnull
 Object owner,
 @Nonnull
 Collection<Object> roles)

Returns a new instance given an owner and multiple roles..

Parameters:

owner - the owner

roles - roles or RoleFactory instances

Returns:

a new instance given an owner and multiple roles

Since:

3.2-ALPHA-1, 3.2-ALPHA-3 (refactored)

empty

@Nonnull
static PresentationModel empty()

Returns an empty instance (no roles, with the exception of a dummy Displayable)..

Returns:

an empty instance (no roles, with the exception of a dummy Displayable)

Since:

3.2-ALPHA-3

ofMaybePresentable

@API(status=EXPERIMENTAL)
@Nonnull
static PresentationModel ofMaybePresentable(@Nonnull
 it.tidalwave.util.As owner,
 @Nonnull
 Collection<Object> roles)

Returns a new instance from an owner which might have the Presentable role.. If it is present, it is called to create the PresentationModel; otherwise a default one is created. Additional roles are added.

Parameters:

owner - the owner

roles - roles or RoleFactory instances

Returns:

a new instance from an owner which might have the Presentable role

Since:

3.2-ALPHA-8

ofMaybePresentable

@API(status=EXPERIMENTAL)
@Nonnull
static PresentationModel ofMaybePresentable(@Nonnull
 it.tidalwave.util.As owner)

Returns a new instance from an owner which might have the Presentable role.. If it is present, it is called to create the PresentationModel; otherwise a default one is created.

Parameters:

owner - the owner

Returns:

a new instance from an owner which might have the Presentable role

Since:

3.2-ALPHA-8