com.vaadin.ui

Interface FormFieldFactory

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFieldFactory

Deprecated.

As of 7.0, use FieldGroup instead of Form for more flexibility.

@Deprecated
public interface FormFieldFactory
extends Serializable

Factory interface for creating new Field-instances based on Item, property id and uiContext (the component responsible for displaying fields). Currently this interface is used by Form, but might later be used by some other components for Field generation.

Since:

6.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd.

See Also:

TableFieldFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Field<?>	createField(Item item, Object propertyId, Component uiContext) Deprecated. Creates a field based on the item, property id and the component (most commonly Form) where the Field will be presented.

Method Detail

createField

Field<?> createField(Item item,
                     Object propertyId,
                     Component uiContext)

Deprecated.

Creates a field based on the item, property id and the component (most commonly Form) where the Field will be presented.

Parameters:

item - the item where the property belongs to.

propertyId - the Id of the property.

uiContext - the component where the field is presented, most commonly this is Form. uiContext will not necessary be the parent component of the field, but the one that is responsible for creating it.

Returns:

the field suitable for editing the specified data.