ViewUtil (uk.gov.gchq.gaffer:gaffer2 2.3.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.data.elementdefinition.view.ViewUtil

```
public final class ViewUtil
extends Object
```
Utility class containing methods for modifying View objects.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static View`	`removeGroups(View view, String... groups)`	Remove specified from the supplied view.
`static void`	`removeProperties(ViewElementDefinition elDef, Element element)`	Remove properties from the supplied element, according to the `ViewElementDefinition`.
`static void`	`removeProperties(ViewElementDefinition elDef, Properties properties)`	Remove properties from the supplied element, according to the `ViewElementDefinition`.
`static void`	`removeProperties(View view, Element element)`	Remove properties from the supplied element, according to the `ViewElementDefinition` in the `View`.

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

- Method Detail
  - removeProperties
```
public static void removeProperties(View view,
                                    Element element)
```
    Remove properties from the supplied element, according to the ViewElementDefinition in the View.
    
    Parameters:
    
    view - the view to apply
    
    element - the element to modify
  - removeProperties
```
public static void removeProperties(ViewElementDefinition elDef,
                                    Element element)
```
    Remove properties from the supplied element, according to the ViewElementDefinition.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elDef - the element definition to apply
    
    element - the element to modify
  - removeProperties
```
public static void removeProperties(ViewElementDefinition elDef,
                                    Properties properties)
```
    Remove properties from the supplied element, according to the ViewElementDefinition.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elDef - the element definition to apply
    
    properties - the properties to modify
  - removeGroups
```
public static View removeGroups(View view,
                                String... groups)
```
    Remove specified from the supplied view. Because The View is unmodifiable it will return a new View with the group(s) removed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    view - the view to apply
    
    groups - the groups to remove
    
    Returns:
    
    the new view with the groups removed