Interface IModelLayoutDisplayer

The main interface for hosting a layout responsible for displaying a DisplayableItemDescriptor to the user

This is presented via a custom layout either generated (ILayoutGenerator), or loaded (ILayout), to arrange and display all the relevant views to the user

This displayer is responsible for passing the correct data in to each view to be displayed and controlling their interactions

Inherited Members

IModelLayoutCommon.Refresh(bool)

IModelLayoutCommon.GetHost()

IModelLayoutCommon.Close(bool)

IModelLayoutCommon.Window

IBusyReporter.DisplayBusy(string)

IBusyReporter.StopBusy()

IBusyReporter.IsBusy

IDisposable.Dispose()

Namespace: LemonEdge.Client.Core.Views.Core

Assembly: LemonEdge.ClientCore.dll

Syntax

public interface IModelLayoutDisplayer : IModelLayoutCommon, IBusyReporter, IDisposable

Properties

ControlCreator

Creates control and get control type according to control definition

Declaration

IControlCreator ControlCreator { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IControlCreator

Controller

The instance of the controller for this layout displayer

Declaration

IModelLayoutDisplayerController Controller { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IModelLayoutDisplayerController

Parent

Declaration

IModelLayoutCommon Parent { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IModelLayoutCommon

ParentView

Declaration

IModelView ParentView { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IModelView

Methods

CreateView(ViewDescriptorInstance)

Informs the client UI it needs to create and return an instance of the specified view that implements the client component ui logic

Declaration

IModelView CreateView(ViewDescriptorInstance viewDescriptor)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ViewDescriptorInstance	viewDescriptor	The descriptor for the type of IModelView that should be created by the displayer for this layout

Returns

Type	Description
IModelView	An instance of the specified view that implements this specific client application ui logic

DisplayHeader()

Indicates the layout should display the header associated with this DisplayableItemDescriptor visbily for this layout to the user.

These headers can be dynamic bound to properties on the item the user can update

Declaration

void DisplayHeader()

LoadTabLayout(LayoutTabSetting, LayoutDescriptorGroup)

Indicates the specified tab should have all its associated views loaded into the client display for this tab

Declaration

Task LoadTabLayout(LayoutTabSetting tab, LayoutDescriptorGroup descriptor)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
LayoutTabSetting	tab	The tab to load all the defined views dynamically into the client ui for this tab
LayoutDescriptorGroup	descriptor	The root group decsriptor associated with this tab that contains the definitions and arrangements of all the views and groups recursively within it

Returns

Type	Description
Task

LoadTabs(IEnumerable<LayoutTabSetting>)

Loads the specified set of tabs from the layout for this display into the client ui displayed to the user

Each view within the tab does not need to be loaded, as that is done via LoadTabLayout(LayoutTabSetting, LayoutDescriptorGroup) when the tab is actually made visible to the user.

i.e. non-visible tabs, such as those not selected by the user yet, do not need to be fully loaded

Declaration

void LoadTabs(IEnumerable<LayoutTabSetting> tabs)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEnumerable<LayoutTabSetting>	tabs	The set of tabs defined in the layout for this layout displayer

SelectTab(LayoutTabSetting)

Indicates the system should select the specified tab from the layout being displayed and rpesent it to the user

Declaration

void SelectTab(LayoutTabSetting tabToDisplay)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
LayoutTabSetting	tabToDisplay	The tab from within the layout (LayoutDescriptor) to be selected and displayed

SelectView(IModelView)

Selects and displays the view

Declaration

void SelectView(IModelView view)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IModelView	view

UpdateSetColor()

Indicates the layout should update the colour associated with it so that layouts that share the same context are highlighted with the same colour so the user can visually see the connection

Declaration

void UpdateSetColor()

UpdateViewVisibility(ViewDescriptorInstance)

Indicates the client UI should update the visibility of the specified view within the client ui to whatever IsVisible indicates for this view

Declaration

void UpdateViewVisibility(ViewDescriptorInstance view)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ViewDescriptorInstance	view

Extension Methods

LinqExtensions.AsArray<T>(T)

LinqExtensions.ToArrayOfOne<T>(T)

LinqExtensions.ToListOfOne<T>(T)

MiscExtensions.SetIfNotEqual<T, TP>(T, Expression<Func<T, TP>>, TP)

WeakReferenceExtensions.WeakReference(object)

SQLExtensions.ToSQLValue(object, bool)

ReflectionExtensions.ClearEventInvocations(object, string)

StringExtensions.ToCSVFormatString(object, Type)