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/ Myco::Entity::Meta::UI

NAME

Myco::Entity::Meta::UI

SYNOPSIS

see Myco::Entity::Meta

DESCRIPTION

Container for metadata describing appropriate user interface behavior for an entity class.

COMMON ENTITY INTERFACE

Constructor, accessors, and other methods -- as inherited from Class::Tangram

ATTRIBUTES

Attributes may be initially set during object construction (with new()) but otherwise are accessed solely through accessor methods. Typical usage:

  • Set attribute value

    $obj->set_attribute($value);

    Check functions (see Class::Tangram) perform data validation. If there is any concern that the set method might be called with invalid data then the call should be wrapped in an eval block to catch exceptions that would result.

  • Get attribute value

    $value = $obj->get_attribute;

A listing of available attributes follows:

attribute_options

type: hash ref

displayname

type: string or coderef

sort

type: array ref

 my $sort = [ 'last_name',
              {first_name => 1},
            ];

List of attributes to use in sorting list of objects of same (or polymorphic) type. Default order is ascending; optional boolean flag indicates 'descending' order.

list

type: hash ref

Reference to ..::Meta::UI::List object. set_list() automatically constructs such an object (a new one).

view

type: hash ref

Reference to ..::Meta::UI::View object. set_view() automatically constructs such an object (a new one).

sort_objs

my @sorted_objs = $ui_metadata->sort_objs(@unsorted_objs);

Returns a code ref for use in perl-style sorting, utilizing class metadata.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006 the myco project. All rights reserved. This software is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Myco::Entity::Meta::UI::Test, Myco::Entity, Myco, Tangram, Class::Tangram, myco-mkentity