IAttributeDecorator (anotheria.net document and site generation framework 4.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLinkDecorator, DateTimeDecorator, EditLinkDecorator, IDItoADecorator, ItoADecorator
```
public interface IAttributeDecorator
```
This interface declares an attribute decorator, which can be configured to be used by the generated ShowActions. The attribute decorator provides a string decoration for an object to produce a more readable form of attribute description, for example decorating link targets with names of the linked attributes.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

lrosenberg

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`decorate(DataObject doc, java.lang.String attributeName, java.lang.String rule)`	Returns the decorated form.

- Method Detail
  - decorate
```
java.lang.String decorate(DataObject doc,
                          java.lang.String attributeName,
                          java.lang.String rule)
```
    Returns the decorated form.
    
    Parameters:
    
    doc - target document.
    
    attributeName - name of the attribute for decoration.
    
    rule - evtl decoration rule (if configured in view definition file).
    
    Returns:
    
    a String object.