org.nakedobjects.metamodel.facets.object.ident.icon
Interface IconFacet

All Superinterfaces:

Facet

All Known Implementing Classes:

IconFacetAbstract, IconFacetViaMethod

public interface IconFacet
extends Facet

Mechanism for obtaining the name of the icon for this instance of a class.

Typically a single icon is used for every instance of a class (for example, by placing an appropriately named image file into a certain directory). This facet allows the icon to be changed on an instance-by-instance basis. For example, the icon might be adapted with an overlay to represent its state through some well-defined lifecycle (eg pending approval, approved, rejected). Alternatively a bounded class might have completely different icons for its instances (eg Visa, Mastercard, Amex).

In the standard Naked Objects Programming Model, typically corresponds to a method named iconName.

See Also:

TitleFacet, PluralFacet

Method Summary

java.lang.String

iconName(NakedObject object)

Methods inherited from interface org.nakedobjects.metamodel.facets.Facet

alwaysReplace, facetType, getFacetHolder, getUnderlyingFacet, isDerived, isNoop, setFacetHolder, setUnderlyingFacet

Method Detail

iconName

java.lang.String iconName(NakedObject object)