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authorHenri Sara <henri.sara@itmill.com>2009-05-11 09:19:03 +0000
committerHenri Sara <henri.sara@itmill.com>2009-05-11 09:19:03 +0000
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#2904: initial bulk rename "com.itmill.toolkit" -> "com.vaadin"
- com.itmill.toolkit.external not yet fully renamed svn changeset:7715/svn branch:6.0
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+/*
+@ITMillApache2LicenseForJavaFiles@
+ */
+
+package com.vaadin.ui;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import com.vaadin.data.Container;
+import com.vaadin.data.Item;
+import com.vaadin.data.Property;
+
+/**
+ * Factory for creating new Field-instances based on type, datasource and/or
+ * context.
+ *
+ * @author IT Mill Ltd.
+ * @version
+ * @VERSION@
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public interface FieldFactory extends Serializable {
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a field based on type of data.
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * the type of data presented in field.
+ * @param uiContext
+ * the component where the field is presented.
+ * @return Field the field suitable for editing the specified data.
+ *
+ */
+ Field createField(Class type, Component uiContext);
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a field based on the property datasource.
+ *
+ * @param property
+ * the property datasource.
+ * @param uiContext
+ * the component where the field is presented.
+ * @return Field the field suitable for editing the specified data.
+ */
+ Field createField(Property property, Component uiContext);
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a field based on the item and property id.
+ *
+ * @param item
+ * the item where the property belongs to.
+ * @param propertyId
+ * the Id of the property.
+ * @param uiContext
+ * the component where the field is presented.
+ * @return Field the field suitable for editing the specified data.
+ */
+ Field createField(Item item, Object propertyId, Component uiContext);
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a field based on the container item id and property id.
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the Container where the property belongs to.
+ * @param itemId
+ * the item Id.
+ * @param propertyId
+ * the Id of the property.
+ * @param uiContext
+ * the component where the field is presented.
+ * @return Field the field suitable for editing the specified data.
+ */
+ Field createField(Container container, Object itemId, Object propertyId,
+ Component uiContext);
+
+} \ No newline at end of file