Targetable (wcomponents-core 1.5.24 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, WComponent, WebComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

WAudio, WContent, WEditableImage, WImage, WMultiFileWidget, WTree, WVideo
```
public interface Targetable
extends WComponent
```
WComponents can be marked as targetable. This means they can be directly targeted via a url to return to the client just their fragment of content, rather than the entire application. They can also be used to return content other than html, such as images and PDFs.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Martin Shevchenko

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface com.github.bordertech.wcomponents.WComponent
  DEFAULT_APPLICATION_ID, DEFAULT_INTERNAL_ID, DEFAULT_NO_ID, ID_CONTEXT_SEPERATOR, ID_FRAMEWORK_ASSIGNED_SEPERATOR, ID_VALIDATION_PATTERN

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getTargetId()`	The target id returned must be unique across all targetable WComponents within the application.

Methods inherited from interface com.github.bordertech.wcomponents.WComponent
addHtmlClass, addHtmlClass, forward, getAccessibleText, getAttribute, getBaseUrl, getEnvironment, getHeaders, getHtmlClass, getHtmlClasses, getId, getIdName, getInternalId, getLabel, getName, getParent, getTabIndex, getTag, getToolTip, handleRequest, hasTabIndex, invokeLater, isDefaultState, isHidden, isInitialised, isLocked, isTracking, isTrackingEnabled, isValidate, isVisible, paint, preparePaint, removeAttribute, removeHtmlClass, removeHtmlClass, reset, serviceRequest, setAccessibleText, setAttribute, setEnvironment, setFocussed, setHtmlClass, setHtmlClass, setIdName, setInitialised, setLocked, setTag, setToolTip, setTrackingEnabled, setValidate, setVisible, showErrorIndicators, showWarningIndicators, tidyUpUIContextForTree, validate

- Method Detail
  - getTargetId
```
String getTargetId()
```
    The target id returned must be unique across all targetable WComponents within the application. In a portal environment, the target ids must also be unique across portlets. Most components should just return their component id.
    
    Returns:
    
    the target id for this targetable.