001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2007 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 * 016 * Contributors: 017 * <a href="mailto:at@nuxeo.com">Anahide Tchertchian</a> 018 * 019 * $Id: WidgetType.java 26053 2007-10-16 01:45:43Z atchertchian $ 020 */ 021 022package org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.forms.layout.api; 023 024import java.io.Serializable; 025import java.util.List; 026import java.util.Map; 027 028/** 029 * Interface for widget type. 030 * <p> 031 * A widget type is used to handle the rendering of a widget in a given mode. 032 * 033 * @author <a href="mailto:at@nuxeo.com">Anahide Tchertchian</a> 034 */ 035public interface WidgetType extends Serializable { 036 037 /** 038 * Returns the name of this widget type, used to identify it in the service. 039 */ 040 String getName(); 041 042 /** 043 * Return alias names for this widget type (useful for compatibility on old widget types). 044 * 045 * @since 6.0 046 */ 047 List<String> getAliases(); 048 049 /** 050 * Returns the class defining this widget type behaviour. 051 */ 052 Class<?> getWidgetTypeClass(); 053 054 /** 055 * Returns properties. 056 */ 057 Map<String, String> getProperties(); 058 059}