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Interface ElementTemplate

All Superinterfaces:

Adaptable

public interface ElementTemplate
extends Adaptable

Implementations of this interface allow to access an element template through a well-defined API, without needing to care about the underlying content structure.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DataType	getDataType() Gets the data type of the element.
java.lang.String	getDefaultContent() Gets the content type of the default content.
java.lang.String	getInitialContentType() Gets the initial MIME type of the variation.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the (technical) name of the represented content element.
java.lang.String	getTitle() Gets the (human-readable) title of the represented content element.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.sling.api.adapter.Adaptable

adaptTo

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Gets the (technical) name of the represented content element.

Returns:

The name

getTitle

java.lang.String getTitle()

Gets the (human-readable) title of the represented content element.

Returns:

The title

getDataType

DataType getDataType()

Gets the data type of the element.

Returns:

the data type of the element

Since:

1.1

getInitialContentType

java.lang.String getInitialContentType()

Gets the initial MIME type of the variation.

This method must return a MIME type that is actually supported by the implementation.

Returns:

The initial MIME type

getDefaultContent

java.lang.String getDefaultContent()

Gets the content type of the default content.

If this method returns null, the implementation should consider this as "undefined" rather than "empty". In such cases, it's the implementation's duty to provide a sensible default content. Could (for example) be an empty string for plain text content or <p>&nbsp;</p> for HTML content.

Returns:

The default content; if null, a sensible default content has to be provided by the implementation