Package de.xima.fc.plugin.config

Interface IPluginCustomGUI

All Superinterfaces:
IFCPlugin, INamedUiElement, INameProviding, IPluginGenericCustomGUI<IPluginCustomGUIBean>, IPluginProcessing, ITransferable, Serializable
@Deprecated public interface IPluginCustomGUI extends IPluginProcessing, IPluginGenericCustomGUI<IPluginCustomGUIBean>
Deprecated.
Use the new workflow engine, e.g. IPluginWorkflowNode.
Interface for a processing plugin with a custom user interface.
Author:
XIMA MEDIA GmbH

  • Method Details

    • getXhtmlView

      default URL getXhtmlView()
      Deprecated.
      Description copied from interface: IPluginGenericCustomGUI
      This method must return the path to the XHTML page for the custom user interface. Usually the XHTML file is part of the classpath resources of the plugin. In this case, simply return an URL to resource (jar:file:/...) like so: 
       @Override
 public URL getXhtmlView() {
   return getClass().getResource("/path/to/view.xhtml");
 }
      Specified by:
      getXhtmlView in interface IPluginGenericCustomGUI<IPluginCustomGUIBean>
      Returns:
      Path to the Facelet view. Must not return null. May return null to indicate that no custom view is available. Whether a custom view is required depends on the type of the plugin.

    • getUnmanagedBeans

      default Iterable<Class<? extends IPluginCustomGUIBean>> getUnmanagedBeans()
      Deprecated.
      Description copied from interface: IPluginGenericCustomGUI
      This must return a list of backing bean classes that control the user interface and are required by the XHTML Facelet view. A new instance of the bean will be created automatically when the view is opened. Make sure each bean has got a no-argument constructor or instantiation will fail.

      Each bean should be annotated with Named. If this annotation is not present or no name is specified, the name defaults to the simple name of the bean class, with the first character changed to lower case.

      Also, each bean needs to be annotated one of the following scopes: @RequestScoped, @ViewScoped, @SessionScoped, or @ApplicationScoped. Note that it depends on the type of plugin which scopes are actually supported (most plugins expect @ViewScoped beans). In case you do not specify a scope, an appropriate scope will be determined automatically.

      Please note that the beans are fundamentally unmanaged - functionality specific to managed CDI beans may not be supported, depending on the type of plugin. Certain features of CDI managed beans may be supported partially, depending on the type of plugin, but may work slightly differently. This includes, but is not limited to:

      • The exact timing at which PostConstruct and PreDestroy are called may differ.
      • A field marked with Inject may not work with all values allowed by the CDI specification, and may not perform certain validation passes such as the check for circular dependencies. Also, no new bean instances will be created when those beans have not yet been created as part of the current page.
      Specified by:
      getUnmanagedBeans in interface IPluginGenericCustomGUI<IPluginCustomGUIBean>
      Returns:
      A list of unmanaged bean classes required by the Facelet page.

    • getManagedBean

      @Deprecated Class<? extends IPluginCustomGUIBean> getManagedBean()
      Deprecated.
      Use getUnmanagedBeans(), the bean will not be managed, ie. annotations such as PostConstruct and ManagedProperty will not work.

    • initCustomGUI

      @Deprecated default void initCustomGUI() throws FCPluginException
      Deprecated.
      If you need to do initialization, do so in the managed bean via IPluginGenericCustomGUIBean.initialize(de.xima.fc.interfaces.plugin.lifecycle.IPluginInitializeBeanData).
      Throws:
      FCPluginException

    • getConfigPage

      @Deprecated String getConfigPage()
      Deprecated.
      Use getXhtmlView()