UiElement (ONOS Java API (2.5.5))

java.lang.Object
- org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

UiClusterMember, UiLink, UiNode, UiTopology
```
public abstract class UiElement
extends Object
```
Abstract base class of all elements in the UI topology model.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

UiElement()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`destroy()`	Removes all external references, and prepares the instance for garbage collection.
`abstract String`	`idAsString()`	Returns a string representation of the element identifier.
`String`	`name()`	Returns a friendly name to be used for display purposes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - UiElement
```
public UiElement()
```
- Method Detail
  - destroy
```
protected void destroy()
```
    Removes all external references, and prepares the instance for garbage collection. This default implementation does nothing.
  - idAsString
```
public abstract String idAsString()
```
    Returns a string representation of the element identifier.
    
    Returns:
    
    the element unique identifier
  - name
```
public String name()
```
    Returns a friendly name to be used for display purposes. This default implementation returns the result of calling idAsString().
    
    Returns:
    
    the friendly name