3.5.2.4.1. UiComponents

UiComponents is a factory which allows you to create UI components by name, class or type token.

If you create a component working with data, use a type token to get the component parameterized by the specific value type. For Label, TextField or DateField component, use type token constants like TextField.TYPE_INTEGER. When creating a component working with entities, like PickerField, LookupField or Table, use the static of() method to get the appropriate type token. For other components and containers, use the component class as the argument.

For example:

@Inject
private UiComponents uiComponents;

@Subscribe
protected void onInit(InitEvent event) {
    // components working with simple data types
    Label<String> label = uiComponents.create(Label.TYPE_STRING);
    TextField<Integer> amountField = uiComponents.create(TextField.TYPE_INTEGER);
    LookupField<String> stringLookupField = uiComponents.create(LookupField.TYPE_STRING);

    // components working with entities
    LookupField<Customer> customerLookupField = uiComponents.create(LookupField.of(Customer.class));
    PickerField<Customer> pickerField = uiComponents.create(PickerField.of(Customer.class));
    Table<OrderLine> table = uiComponents.create(Table.of(OrderLine.class));

    // other components and containers
    Button okButton = uiComponents.create(Button.class);
    VBoxLayout vBox = uiComponents.create(VBoxLayout.class);

    // ...
}