Package ch.tocco.nice2.model.entity.api.defaultdisplay

Interface DefaultDisplay

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDisplayImpl

public interface DefaultDisplay

Used to represent entities in lists, fields, tables...

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	DefaultDisplay.Options

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	evaluate(EntityReference entity)	Evaluate the value against an entity.
String	evaluate(EntityReference entity, DefaultDisplay.Options options)
@Nullable DisplayExpression	getExpression()	Returns the expression as String

Method Details

evaluate

String evaluate(EntityReference entity)

Evaluate the value against an entity. This is somewhat similar to an object's toString() method. Often it takes the current user (and his locale) into account. On evaluation failure an exception is thrown (development) or logged (production) (depending on run-env).

Parameters:

entity - the entity

Returns:

the value as string

evaluate

String evaluate(EntityReference entity,
 DefaultDisplay.Options options)

getExpression

@Nullable
@Nullable DisplayExpression getExpression()

Returns the expression as String

Returns:

expression