001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.components; 016 017import org.apache.tapestry.IComponent; 018import org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.model.IAdvancedTableColumnSource; 019import org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.model.ITableColumnModel; 020 021/** 022 * Service used to generate a {@link org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.model.ITableColumnModel}from 023 * a string description. 024 * 025 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship 026 * @since 4.0 027 */ 028public interface TableColumnModelSource 029{ 030 /** 031 * Generate a table column model out of the description string provided. Entries in the 032 * description string are separated by commas. Each column entry is of the format name, 033 * name:expression, or name:displayName:expression. An entry prefixed with ! represents a 034 * non-sortable column. If the whole description string is prefixed with *, it represents 035 * columns to be included in a Form. 036 * 037 * @param strDesc 038 * the description of the column model to be generated 039 * @param objComponent 040 * the component ordering the generation 041 * @param objColumnSettingsContainer 042 * the component containing the column settings 043 * @return a table column model based on the provided parameters 044 */ 045 public ITableColumnModel generateTableColumnModel(IAdvancedTableColumnSource objColumnSource, 046 String strDesc, IComponent objComponent, IComponent objColumnSettingsContainer); 047}