RendererContext.java

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package org.apache.isis.viewer.restfulobjects.rendering;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.isis.applib.annotation.Render;
import org.apache.isis.applib.annotation.Where;
import org.apache.isis.core.commons.authentication.AuthenticationSession;
import org.apache.isis.core.commons.config.IsisConfiguration;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.adapter.ObjectAdapter;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.adapter.mgr.AdapterManager;
import org.apache.isis.core.runtime.system.persistence.PersistenceSession;
import org.apache.isis.viewer.restfulobjects.rendering.domainobjects.DomainObjectReprRenderer;

public interface RendererContext {

    String urlFor(final String url);

    AuthenticationSession getAuthenticationSession();

    IsisConfiguration getConfiguration();
    
    PersistenceSession getPersistenceSession();

    /**
     * @deprecated - replaced by {@link #getPersistenceSession()}.
     */
    @Deprecated
    AdapterManager getAdapterManager();

    Where getWhere();

    List<List<String>> getFollowLinks();

    boolean honorUiHints();

    boolean objectPropertyValuesOnly();

    boolean suppressDescribedByLinks();
    boolean suppressUpdateLink();
    boolean suppressMemberId();
    boolean suppressMemberLinks();
    boolean suppressMemberExtensions();
    boolean suppressMemberDisabledReason();

    /**
     * To avoid infinite loops when {@link Render.Type#EAGERLY eagerly} rendering graphs
     * of objects as {@link DomainObjectReprRenderer#asEventSerialization() events}.
     * 
     * <p>
     * @param objectAdapter - the object proposed to be rendered eagerly 
     * @return whether this adapter has already been rendered (implying the caller should not render the value).
     */
    boolean canEagerlyRender(ObjectAdapter objectAdapter);

}