Elements

The base block of the library is the Element class. Each element holds our model data, a reference to the source that created it, and an Int value called the element type.

class Element<T: Any>(source: Source<T>, type: Int, data: T?, extra: Any?)

The element type is the mechanism through which we link presenters (the UI component) and sources (the data loading component):

• Each source emits elements with one or more types, for example through the Source.getElementType(T): Int callback
• Each presenter declares the types it can lay out, in the Presenter.elementTypes abstract collection

In case more presenters declare to be able to lay out a given type, the order in which they are added to the adapter counts.

Keep reading to learn about presenters and sources!