CotView class interface proto, first take

view.php

<?php

defined('COT_CODE') or die('Wrong URL.');

(function_exists('version_compare') && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '>=')) or die('PHP version 5.3 or higher is required.');

require_once cot_incfile('forms');
require_once cot_incfile('orm');

/**
 * View class for Cotonti. Defines how objects should be displayed.
 *
 * View classes should extend CotView to inherit its methods
 * and must specify $model_class and $columns
 *
 * @package Cotonti
 * @version 1.3
 * @author Gert Hengeveld, Vladimir Sibirov
 * @copyright (c) Cotonti Team 2012
 * @license BSD
 */
abstract class CotView
{
	/**
	 * Name of the associated  Model class
	 * @var string 
	 */
	protected static $model_class = '';
	/**
	 * Custom display properties for columns
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected static $columns = array();
	/**
	 * Model object containing data
	 * @var CotORM
	 */
	protected $model = null;
	/**
	 * Template object
	 * @var XTemplate
	 */
	protected $tpl = null;
	/**
	 * Item permissions, such as R/W/A
	 * @var type 
	 */
	protected $rights = array();
	
	
	public function __construct($model, $tpl, $rights = array())
	{
		$this->model = $model;
		$this->tpl = $tpl;
		$this->rights = $rights;
	}
	
	public function display($tag_prefix = '', $block = '')
	{
		
	}
	
	public function displayForm($tag_prefix = '', $block = '', $url = '')
	{
		
	}
	
	public function displayFormAuto($tag_prefix = '', $block = '', $url = '')
	{
		
	}
	
	public static function displayList($items, $tag_prefix = '', $block = '')
	{
		
	}
	
	public static function displayListForm($items, $tag_prefix = '', $block = '', $url = '')
	{
		
	}
}

?>