Package it.tidalwave.role.ui

Interface Displayable

  • All Known Subinterfaces:
    LocalizedDisplayable, MutableDisplayable, MutableLocalizedDisplayable
    Functional Interface:
    This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
    @FunctionalInterface
public interface Displayable
    The role of an object which can provide its own display name.
    Author:
    Fabrizio Giudici
    Status: stable API
    Stereotype:
    Role

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static java.util.Comparator<As> asComparing()
      Returns a Comparator for comparing two instances of objects implementing As that contain the Displayable role.
      static java.util.Comparator<Displayable> comparing()
      Returns a Comparator for comparing two instances of Displayable.
      static LocalizedDisplayable fromBundle​(java.lang.Class<?> ownerClass, java.lang.String key)
      Creates a LocalizedDisplayable from a resource bundle.
      java.lang.String getDisplayName()
      Returns the display name in the current Locale.
      static Displayable of​(java.lang.String displayName)
      Creates an instance with a given display name.
      static Displayable of​(java.lang.String displayName, java.lang.String toStringName)
      Creates an instance with a given display name iand an explicit label for toString().
      static <T> Displayable of​(java.util.function.Function<T,​java.lang.String> function, T object)
      Creates an instance from a Function<T, String> and a generic object that the function is applied to.
      static Displayable of​(java.util.function.Supplier<java.lang.String> supplier)
      Creates an instance from a Supplier<String>.

    • Field Detail

      • _Displayable_

        static final java.lang.Class<Displayable> _Displayable_

      • DEFAULT

        static final Displayable DEFAULT
        A default Displayable with an empty display name.

    • Method Detail

      • getDisplayName

        @Nonnull
java.lang.String getDisplayName()
        Returns the display name in the current Locale.
        Returns:
        the display name

      • of

        @Nonnull
static Displayable of​(@Nonnull
                      java.lang.String displayName)
        Creates an instance with a given display name.
        Parameters:
        displayName - the display name
        Returns:
        the new instance
        Since:
        3.2-ALPHA-1 (was DefaultDisplayable

      • of

        @Nonnull
static Displayable of​(@Nonnull
                      java.lang.String displayName,
                      @Nonnull
                      java.lang.String toStringName)
        Creates an instance with a given display name iand an explicit label for toString().
        Parameters:
        displayName - the display name
        toStringName - the name to be rendered when toString() is called
        Returns:
        the new instance
        Since:
        3.2-ALPHA-1 (was DefaultDisplayable

      • of

        @Nonnull
static Displayable of​(@Nonnull
                      java.util.function.Supplier<java.lang.String> supplier)
        Creates an instance from a Supplier<String>. The supplier is invoked each time getDisplayName() is called.
        Parameters:
        supplier - the Supplier
        Returns:
        the new instance
        Since:
        3.2-ALPHA-3

      • of

        @Nonnull
static <T> Displayable of​(@Nonnull
                          java.util.function.Function<T,​java.lang.String> function,
                          @Nonnull
                          T object)
        Creates an instance from a Function<T, String> and a generic object that the function is applied to. The function is invoked each time getDisplayName() is called.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the type of the object
        Parameters:
        function - the Function
        object - the object
        Returns:
        the new instance
        Since:
        3.2-ALPHA-3

      • fromBundle

        @Nonnull
static LocalizedDisplayable fromBundle​(@Nonnull
                                       java.lang.Class<?> ownerClass,
                                       @Nonnull
                                       java.lang.String key)
        Creates a LocalizedDisplayable from a resource bundle. The bundle resource file is named Bundle.properties and it should be placed in the same package as the owner class.
        Parameters:
        ownerClass - the class that owns the bundle
        key - the resource key
        Returns:
        the new instance
        Since:
        3.2-ALPHA-1 (was previously in Displayable8

      • comparing

        @Nonnull
static java.util.Comparator<Displayable> comparing()
        Returns a Comparator for comparing two instances of Displayable.
        Returns:
        the Comparator
        Since:
        3.2-ALPHA-6

      • asComparing

        @Nonnull
static java.util.Comparator<As> asComparing()
        Returns a Comparator for comparing two instances of objects implementing As that contain the Displayable role.
        Returns:
        the Comparator
        Since:
        3.2-ALPHA-6