manifold.se
Class View

java.lang.Object
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  +--manifold.se.View

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable

Direct Known Subclasses:

FView, PView

public abstract class View

extends java.lang.Object

implements Configurable

Base class for views.

Copyright (c) 2001 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Since:

manifold %Version%

Version:

%Version%, %Time%

Field Summary

protected AbstractViewer

viewer_ The parent viewer.

Constructor Summary

View()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	config(java.lang.Object parent, org.w3c.dom.Element config) Configuration of the view - called after instantiation of a view object.
org.w3c.dom.Element	getConfigElement()
java.awt.Container	getContentPane()
java.lang.String	getId()
AbstractViewer	getViewer()
abstract void	redraw() Redraws the view
void	setContentPane(java.awt.Container pane) Sets the content pane of this view.
abstract void	setTitle(java.lang.String title) Sets the title of this view

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

viewer_

protected AbstractViewer viewer_

The parent viewer.

Constructor Detail

View

public View()

Method Detail

config

public java.lang.Object config(java.lang.Object parent,
                               org.w3c.dom.Element config)
                        throws java.lang.Exception

Configuration of the view - called after instantiation of a view object. Classes overwriting this method must invoke this method from the overwriting method. Initializes configuration_ and viewer_ fields.

Specified by:

config in interface Configurable

Parameters:

parent - The argument passed into the FConfig.getList method

config - The DOM element representing the XML element that loaded this class.

Returns:

The configured class, usually returns this.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Thrown if there is any problem configuring this class.

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

Returns:

the id of this view.

getViewer

public AbstractViewer getViewer()

Returns:

the viewer.

getConfigElement

public org.w3c.dom.Element getConfigElement()

Returns:

the configuration element

setContentPane

public void setContentPane(java.awt.Container pane)

Sets the content pane of this view. If the pane is an instance of manifold.se.Configurable, the config method will be invoked.

Parameters:

pane - the content pane

getContentPane

public java.awt.Container getContentPane()

Returns:

the content pane

setTitle

public abstract void setTitle(java.lang.String title)

Sets the title of this view

redraw

public abstract void redraw()

Redraws the view