public function item_html($extraargs = array()) {
        if (is_string($this->item)) {
            $html = $this->item;
        } elseif (is_object($this->item)) {
            //for debug purposes only. You should create a sub class to
            //properly handle the record
            $html = join(', ', (array)$this->item);
        }
        return $html;
    }