Parameter (Atlassian Confluence 8.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthorParameter, BaseParameter, BooleanQueryFactoryParameter, ContentTypeParameter, LabelParameter, MaxResultsParameter, MultiValueParameter, SearchSortParameter, SpaceKeyParameter
```
public interface Parameter<T>
```
Provides a way to retrieve more complex values from macro parameters.

Since:

2.9

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`findValue(MacroExecutionContext ctx)`	Attempts to find the value from the specified `MacroExecutionContext` object.
`void`	`setValidate(boolean shouldValidate)`	Sets whether this parameter should attempt to validate its values.

- Method Detail
  - findValue
```
T findValue(MacroExecutionContext ctx)
     throws ParameterException
```
    Attempts to find the value from the specified MacroExecutionContext object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ctx - The execution context for the macro.
    
    Returns:
    
    The parameter value.
    
    Throws:
    
    ParameterException - if there was a problem while processing the parameter.
  - setValidate
```
void setValidate(boolean shouldValidate)
```
    Sets whether this parameter should attempt to validate its values.
    
    Parameters:
    
    shouldValidate - true if this parameter should attempt to validate
    
    Since:
    
    2.10