com.vaadin.ui.declarative.Design.ComponentMapper API 8.27.7 | Vaadin

com.vaadin.ui.declarative.

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Design.DefaultComponentMapper

Enclosing class:

Design
```
public static interface Design.ComponentMapper
extends Serializable
```
Delegate for handling the mapping between tag names and component instances.
Use Design.setComponentMapper(ComponentMapper) to configure Vaadin to use a custom component mapper.

Since:

7.5.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

Method Summary

All Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`componentToTag(Component component, DesignContext context)`	Resolves a tag name from a component.
`Component`	`tagToComponent(String tag, Design.ComponentFactory componentFactory, DesignContext context)`	Resolves and creates a component using the provided component factory based on a tag name.

- Method Detail
  - tagToComponent
```
Component tagToComponent(String tag,
                         Design.ComponentFactory componentFactory,
                         DesignContext context)
```
    Resolves and creates a component using the provided component factory based on a tag name.
    This method should be in sync with componentToTag(Component, DesignContext) so that the resolved tag for a created component is the same as the tag for which the component was created.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tag - the tag name to create a component for
    
    componentFactory - the component factory that actually creates a component based on a fully qualified class name
    
    context - the design context for which the component is created
    
    Returns:
    
    a newly created component
  - componentToTag
```
String componentToTag(Component component,
                      DesignContext context)
```
    Resolves a tag name from a component.
    
    Parameters:
    
    component - the component to get a tag name for
    
    context - the design context for which the tag name is needed
    
    Returns:
    
    the tag name corresponding to the component