EntityView (UtilJSON 2.1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the entity type

All Superinterfaces:

HasConfirmation, com.vaadin.flow.component.HasElement, HasNotifications, Serializable
```
public interface EntityView<T>
extends HasConfirmation, HasNotifications
```
A master / detail view for entities of the type T. The view has a list of entities (the 'master' part) and a dialog to show a single entity (the 'detail' part). The dialog has two modes: a view mode and an edit mode.
The view can also show notifications, error messages, and confirmation requests.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clear()`	Remove the reference to the entity and reset dirty status.
`String`	`getEntityName()`
`boolean`	`isDirty()`	Returns the current dirty state of the entity dialog.
`default void`	`showCreatedNotification()`
`default void`	`showDeletedNotification()`
`default void`	`showError(String message, boolean isPersistent)`	Shows an error notification with a given text.
`default void`	`showUpdatedNotification()`
`void`	`write(T entity)`	Writes the changes from the entity dialog into the given entity instance (see `Binder.writeBean(Object)`)

Methods inherited from interface coop.intergal.ui.views.HasConfirmation
getConfirmDialog, setConfirmDialog

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.flow.component.HasElement
getElement

Methods inherited from interface coop.intergal.ui.views.HasNotifications
showNotification, showNotification

- Method Detail
  - showError
```
default void showError(String message,
                       boolean isPersistent)
```
    Shows an error notification with a given text.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - a user-friendly error message
    
    isPersistent - if true the message requires a user action to disappear (if false it disappears automatically after some time)
  - isDirty
```
boolean isDirty()
```
    Returns the current dirty state of the entity dialog.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the entity dialog is open in the 'edit' mode and has unsaved changes
  - clear
```
void clear()
```
    Remove the reference to the entity and reset dirty status.
  - write
```
void write(T entity)
    throws com.vaadin.flow.data.binder.ValidationException
```
    Writes the changes from the entity dialog into the given entity instance (see Binder.writeBean(Object))
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - the entity instance to save the changes into
    
    Throws:
    
    com.vaadin.flow.data.binder.ValidationException - if the values entered into the entity dialog cannot be converted into entity properties
  - getEntityName
```
String getEntityName()
```
  - showCreatedNotification
```
default void showCreatedNotification()
```
  - showUpdatedNotification
```
default void showUpdatedNotification()
```
  - showDeletedNotification
```
default void showDeletedNotification()
```