com.haulmont.cuba.web.sys.navigation

Interface History

All Known Implementing Classes:

WebHistory

public interface History

Interface defining methods to store and access local copy of opened screens history.

It is mainly used by UrlChangeHandler to distinguish history and navigation transitions.

Pay attention that manual history mutation can lead to errors.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NavigationState	backward() Performs "Back" transition through history.
void	forward(NavigationState navigationState) Adds new history entry.
NavigationState	getNext()
NavigationState	getNow()
NavigationState	getPrevious()
boolean	has(NavigationState navigationState) Checks whether history has the given entry.
boolean	replace(NavigationState navigationState) Replaces current state by the new one.
boolean	searchBackward(NavigationState navigationState) Performs search for the given history entry in the past.
boolean	searchForward(NavigationState navigationState) Performs search for the given history entry in the future.

Method Detail

forward

void forward(NavigationState navigationState)

Adds new history entry. Flushes all entries coming after current entry.

Parameters:

navigationState - new history entry

backward

NavigationState backward()

Performs "Back" transition through history.

Returns:

previous history entry

getNow

NavigationState getNow()

Returns:

current history entry

getPrevious

@Nullable
NavigationState getPrevious()

Returns:

previous history entry

getNext

@Nullable
NavigationState getNext()

Returns:

next history entry

searchBackward

boolean searchBackward(NavigationState navigationState)

Performs search for the given history entry in the past.

Parameters:

navigationState - history entry

Returns:

true if entry is found, false otherwise

searchForward

boolean searchForward(NavigationState navigationState)

Performs search for the given history entry in the future.

Parameters:

navigationState - history entry

Returns:

true if entry is found, false otherwise

has

boolean has(NavigationState navigationState)

Checks whether history has the given entry.

Parameters:

navigationState - history entry

Returns:

true if history has an entry, false otherwise

replace

boolean replace(NavigationState navigationState)

Replaces current state by the new one.

This operation is allowed when only params are changed.

Parameters:

navigationState - new state

Returns:

true if old state is replaced, false otherwise