NAME

Myco::Entity::Meta::UI

SYNOPSIS

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.

CPAN RT