Module is.codion.framework.model

Package is.codion.framework.model

Interface EntityEditor.ComboBoxModels

All Known Subinterfaces:

SwingEntityEditor.SwingComboBoxModels

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntityEditor.DefaultComboBoxModels

Enclosing interface:

EntityEditor<R extends EntityEditor<R>>

public static interface EntityEditor.ComboBoxModels

Manages the FilterComboBoxModels used by a EntityEditor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Map<Column<?>,? extends FilterComboBoxModel<?>>	column()	Returns the column based combo box models initialized via get(Column).
<T> FilterComboBoxModel<T>	create(Column<T> column)	Creates a combo box model containing the current values of the given column.
EntityComboBoxModel	create(ForeignKey foreignKey)	Creates a new EntityComboBoxModel for the given foreign key.
Map<ForeignKey,? extends EntityComboBoxModel>	foreignKey()	Returns the foreign key based combo box models initialized via get(ForeignKey).
<T> FilterComboBoxModel<T>	get(Column<T> column)	Returns the FilterComboBoxModel associated with the given column.
EntityComboBoxModel	get(ForeignKey foreignKey)	Returns the EntityComboBoxModel associated with the given foreign key.
void	initialize(Attribute<?>... attributes)	Creates and refreshes combo box models for the given attributes.

Method Details

foreignKey

Map<ForeignKey,? extends EntityComboBoxModel> foreignKey()

Returns the foreign key based combo box models initialized via get(ForeignKey).

Returns:

an unmodifiable view of the foreign key based combo box models

column

Map<Column<?>,? extends FilterComboBoxModel<?>> column()

Returns the column based combo box models initialized via get(Column).

Returns:

an unmodifiable view of the column based combo box models

initialize

void initialize(Attribute<?>... attributes)

Creates and refreshes combo box models for the given attributes. Doing this in an edit model constructor avoids the models being refreshed when the combo boxes using them are initialized

Parameters:

attributes - the attributes for which to initialize combo box models

See Also:

• create(Column)
• create(ForeignKey)

get

EntityComboBoxModel get(ForeignKey foreignKey)

Returns the EntityComboBoxModel associated with the given foreign key. If no such combo box model exists, one is created by calling create(ForeignKey).

This method always returns the same EntityComboBoxModel instance, once one has been created.

Parameters:

foreignKey - the foreign key

Returns:

the EntityComboBoxModel associated with the given foreign key

See Also:

• create(ForeignKey)

get

<T> FilterComboBoxModel<T> get(Column<T> column)

Returns the FilterComboBoxModel associated with the given column. If no such combo box model exists, one is created by calling create(Column).

This method always returns the same FilterComboBoxModel instance, once one has been created.

Type Parameters:

T - the value type

Parameters:

column - the column

Returns:

the FilterComboBoxModel associated with the given column

See Also:

• create(Column)

create

EntityComboBoxModel create(ForeignKey foreignKey)

Creates a new EntityComboBoxModel for the given foreign key.

Parameters:

foreignKey - the foreign key for which to create a EntityComboBoxModel

Returns:

a EntityComboBoxModel for the given foreign key

See Also:

• EntityEditor.ComponentModels.comboBoxModel(ForeignKey, EntityConnectionProvider)
• FilterComboBoxModel.NULL_CAPTION
• EntityComboBoxModel.Builder.nullCaption(String)
• EntityComboBoxModel.Builder.includeNull(boolean)
• ValueAttributeDefinition.nullable()
• EntityComboBoxModel.Builder.attributes(Collection)
• ForeignKeyDefinition.attributes()

create

<T> FilterComboBoxModel<T> create(Column<T> column)

Creates a combo box model containing the current values of the given column.

Type Parameters:

T - the value type

Parameters:

column - the column

Returns:

a combo box model based on the given column

See Also:

• FilterComboBoxModel.NULL_CAPTION