useEntityPresentation()

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Returns information about how to represent an entity in the interface.

Signature:

function useEntityPresentation(entityOrRef: Entity | CompoundEntityRef | string, context?: {
    defaultKind?: string;
    defaultNamespace?: string;
}): EntityRefPresentationSnapshot;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
entityOrRef	Entity \| CompoundEntityRef \| string	The entity to represent, or an entity ref to it. If you pass in an entity, it is assumed that it is NOT a partial one - i.e. only pass in an entity if you know that it was fetched in such a way that it contains all of the fields that the representation renderer needs.
context	{ defaultKind?: string; defaultNamespace?: string; }	(Optional) Optional context that control details of the presentation.

**Returns:**

EntityRefPresentationSnapshot

A snapshot of the entity presentation, which may change over time

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