All Known Implementing Classes:

AccountCancelledEmailBody, ApplicationComponent, ApplicationDynamicComponent, ApplicationMenuComponent, AttachmentWindowComponent, BaseComponent, BaseTemplateComponent, DataSourceComponent, HeartBeatPopUpComponent, I18NComponent, MainLayoutComponent, MyOpenbravoComponent, MyOpenbravoWidgetComponent, NavigationBarComponent, NewUserEmailBody, OAuth2LoginButtonGenerator, OBTreeGridComponent, OBTreeReferenceComponent, OBViewFormComponent, OBViewGridComponent, OBViewTab, ParameterWindowComponent, PortalEmailBody, PropertiesComponent, SelectorComponent, SessionDynamicResourceComponent, SessionDynamicTemplateComponent, StandardWindowComponent, StaticResourceComponent, StyleSheetResourceComponent, TypesComponent, UIDefinitionController, UserInfoComponent, ViewComponent
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public interface Component
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A component can be anything from a visualization of a single field to a full ui with forms and grids, it can also be just a java-script component which provides logic but no user interface (for example a data source). All components have in common that they have a String representation which can be loaded and executed by the browser. This means practically that a component is expressed in java-script. A component has a distinct id which consists of several parts:
1. the id of the module which provides the view
2. the type of component (for example, selector, grid, etc.)
3. the database id (or other unique identifier) of the component
4. a version number which is basically a string used to support client side caching of components
The id of the component starts with a / and each part is separated with a /, to follow a url like form. an example: org.openbravo.userinterface.selector/selector/FF1231321DASDASDADS/123123123
Author:

mtaal

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`generate()`	Generates the content of the component which is sent to the client for execution/rendering.
`String`	`getContentType()`
`String`	`getETag()`	An ETag is a hash-like string which is used to determine if content has changed since the last request for the content.
`String`	`getId()`
`Date`	`getLastModified()`
`Module`	`getModule()`
`boolean`	`isInDevelopment()`
`boolean`	`isJavaScriptComponent()`

- Method Detail
  - generate
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String generate()
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    Generates the content of the component which is sent to the client for execution/rendering.
    
    Returns:
    
    the generated javascript which is send back to the client
  - getId
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String getId()
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    Returns:
    
    the id of the component, see the id description in the root of this class.
  - getLastModified
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Date getLastModified()
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    Returns:
    
    the last modified date of any data element used to generate the response, if null is returned then the current date/time is assumed.
  - getETag
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String getETag()
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    An ETag is a hash-like string which is used to determine if content has changed since the last request for the content. See this link for more information. Note for language specific components the etag has to encode the language (id) also! See ( OBContext.getLanguage()) to get the current language.
    
    Returns:
    
    a unique hash for the content generated
  - getModule
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Module getModule()
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    Returns:
    
    the module providing this component
  - getContentType
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String getContentType()
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    Returns:
    
    the content type passed in the response header, for example: application/javascript;charset=UTF-8
  - isJavaScriptComponent
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boolean isJavaScriptComponent()
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    Returns:
    
    true if the generated output is javascript
  - isInDevelopment
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boolean isInDevelopment()
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    Returns:
    
    true if the component's module or a module of a subcomponent is in development
    
    See Also:
    
    Module.isInDevelopment()

Interface Component

Method Summary

Method Detail

generate

getId

getLastModified

getETag

getModule

getContentType

isJavaScriptComponent

isInDevelopment