Package com.vaadin.ui.declarative

Interface Design.ComponentMapper

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

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