com.vaadin.ui.declarative
Interface Design.ComponentFactory

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Design.DefaultComponentFactory

Enclosing class:

Design

public static interface Design.ComponentFactory
extends java.io.Serializable

Callback for creating instances of a given component class when reading designs. The default implementation, Design.DefaultComponentFactory will use Class.forName(className).newInstance(), which might not be suitable e.g. in an OSGi environment or if the Component instances should be created as managed CDI beans.

Use Design.setComponentFactory(ComponentFactory) to configure Vaadin to use a custom component factory.

Since:

7.4.1

Method Summary

Component

createComponent(java.lang.String fullyQualifiedClassName, DesignContext context) Creates a component based on the fully qualified name derived from the tag name in the design.

Method Detail

createComponent

Component createComponent(java.lang.String fullyQualifiedClassName,
                          DesignContext context)

Creates a component based on the fully qualified name derived from the tag name in the design.

Parameters:

fullyQualifiedClassName - the fully qualified name of the component to create

context - the design context for which the component is created

Returns:

a newly created component