WidgetDefinition (zk 10.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

WidgetDefinitionImpl
```
public interface WidgetDefinition
```
A widget definition. A widget is an UI object at the client.

Since:

5.0.0

Author:

tomyeh

See Also:

LanguageDefinition.getWidgetDefinition(java.lang.String)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addMold(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String moldURI)`	Adds the mold URI for the specified mold.
`java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>`	`getMoldNames()`	Returns a collection of the mold names that have the molde URL.
`java.lang.String`	`getMoldURI(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the URI (String) of the template to generate the mold, or null if not available.
`java.lang.String`	`getWidgetClass()`	Returns the widget class (a JavaScript class).
`boolean`	`hasMold(java.lang.String name)`	Returns whether the mold URI exists for the given mold.
`boolean`	`isBlankPreserved()`	Returns whether to preserve the blank text.

- Method Detail
  - getWidgetClass
```
java.lang.String getWidgetClass()
```
    Returns the widget class (a JavaScript class).
  - getMoldNames
```
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getMoldNames()
```
    Returns a collection of the mold names that have the molde URL.
  - hasMold
```
boolean hasMold(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns whether the mold URI exists for the given mold.
  - addMold
```
void addMold(java.lang.String name,
             java.lang.String moldURI)
```
    Adds the mold URI for the specified mold.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the mold name.
    
    moldURI - an URI of the mold. Ignored if null.
    
    Since:
    
    5.0.4
  - getMoldURI
```
java.lang.String getMoldURI(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the URI (String) of the template to generate the mold, or null if not available. For Ajax clients, the template is a JavaScript method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the mold name
    
    Returns:
    
    an URI in String
    
    See Also:
    
    AbstractComponent.redraw(java.io.Writer)
  - isBlankPreserved
```
boolean isBlankPreserved()
```
    Returns whether to preserve the blank text. If false, the blank text (a non-empty string consisting of whitespaces) are ignored. If true, they are converted to a label child.
    It is used only with iZUML.