com.vaadin.flow.templatemodel

Interface ComplexModelType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the proxy type used by this type

All Superinterfaces:

ModelType, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicComplexModelType, BeanModelType, ListModelType, ModelDescriptor

public interface ComplexModelType<T>
extends ModelType

A complex model type (represents either a list or a bean).

For internal use only. May be renamed or removed in a future release.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
StateNode	applicationToModel(Object applicationValue, PropertyFilter filter) Creates a model value representation of the provided application value.
<C> ComplexModelType<C>	cast(Class<C> proxyType) Checks that this type uses the provided proxy type and returns this type as a model type with that proxy type.

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.flow.templatemodel.ModelType

accepts, createInitialValue, getJavaType, getSupportedTypesString, modelToApplication, toJson

Method Detail

applicationToModel

StateNode applicationToModel(Object applicationValue,
                             PropertyFilter filter)

Description copied from interface: ModelType

Creates a model value representation of the provided application value.

For application values that contain properties (i.e. beans), the provided filter is used to determine which properties from the bean should be included in the model representation.

Specified by:

applicationToModel in interface ModelType

Parameters:

applicationValue - the user value to convert

filter - the filter to use to determine which properties to include, not null

Returns:

a model value representation of the provided user value.

cast

<C> ComplexModelType<C> cast(Class<C> proxyType)

Checks that this type uses the provided proxy type and returns this type as a model type with that proxy type.

Type Parameters:

C - the proxy type

Parameters:

proxyType - the proxy type to cast to

Returns:

this model type