RecreatableDomainObject (interface)

Indicates that the domain object can be recreated from a string.

Objects that are view models (logically belonging to the UI/application layer) should instead implement ViewModel .

API

RecreatableDomainObject.java

interface RecreatableDomainObject {
  String __isis_memento()     (1)
  void __isis_recreate(String memento)     (2)
}

1	__isis_memento() Obtain a memento of the recreatable object.
2	__isis_recreate(String) Used to recreate a recreatable object with a memento obtained from #__isis_recreate(String) .

Obtain a memento of the recreatable object.

Typically this will be the identifier of a backing domain entity, but it could also be an arbitrary string, for example a bunch of JSON.

This method is called by the framework in order that the view model may be recreated subsequently through #__isis_recreate(String) .

Used to recreate a recreatable object with a memento obtained from #__isis_recreate(String) .