bibliothek.gui.dock.common.intern
Interface CControlAccess

public interface CControlAccess

Gives access to the internal methods of a CControl.
This class is not intended to be used by clients, using it wrongly can result in weird behavior of its owning CControl.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

CDockableAccess	access(CDockable dockable) Grants access to the internal methods of a CDockable.
DockAction	createCloseAction(CDockable dockable) Gets an action that closes dockable when clicked.
void	fillMultiFactories(CSetting setting) Fills the property multiple factory dockables in setting.
String	getFactoryId(MultipleCDockableFactory<?,?> factory) Gets the id of factory.
CLocationModeManager	getLocationManager() Gets the manager that is responsible to change the extended mode of the Dockables.
CControl	getOwner() Gets the control to which this object gives access.
MutableCControlRegister	getRegister() Gets the mutable register of the CControl.
void	hide(CDockable dockable) Makes dockable invisible.
boolean	isVisible(CDockable dockable) Tells whether dockable is visible or not.
void	link(CDockable dockable, CDockableAccess access) Gives or removes access to internal properties of an CDockable.
String	shouldStore(CDockable dockable) Tells whether information about dockable should remain stored even if the element is removed from the CControl.
boolean	shouldStore(String key) Calls one of the shouldStore methods of MissingCDockableStrategy if key has the correct format
void	show(CDockable dockable) Makes dockable visible.

Method Detail

getOwner

CControl getOwner()

Gets the control to which this object gives access.

Returns:

the owner

show

void show(CDockable dockable)

Makes dockable visible.

Parameters:

dockable - the element that will be made visible

hide

void hide(CDockable dockable)

Makes dockable invisible.

Parameters:

dockable - the element that will be made invisible

isVisible

boolean isVisible(CDockable dockable)

Tells whether dockable is visible or not.

Parameters:

dockable - the dockable whose visibility-state is in question

Returns:

true if dockable is visible

getFactoryId

String getFactoryId(MultipleCDockableFactory<?,?> factory)

Gets the id of factory.

Parameters:

factory - the factory to search

Returns:

the id or null

getLocationManager

CLocationModeManager getLocationManager()

Gets the manager that is responsible to change the extended mode of the Dockables.

Returns:

the manager

createCloseAction

DockAction createCloseAction(CDockable dockable)

Gets an action that closes dockable when clicked.

Parameters:

dockable - the element to close

Returns:

the action

link

void link(CDockable dockable,
          CDockableAccess access)

Gives or removes access to internal properties of an CDockable.

Parameters:

dockable - the element which changes its access

access - the new access, might be null

access

CDockableAccess access(CDockable dockable)

Grants access to the internal methods of a CDockable.

Parameters:

dockable - the element whose access is searched

Returns:

the access or null

shouldStore

boolean shouldStore(String key)

Calls one of the shouldStore methods of MissingCDockableStrategy if key has the correct format

Parameters:

key - the key for which a dockable might be stored

Returns:

true if layout information for key should be stored, false otherwise

shouldStore

String shouldStore(CDockable dockable)

Tells whether information about dockable should remain stored even if the element is removed from the CControl.

Parameters:

dockable - the element to check

Returns:

null if nothing should be stored, the unique encoded identifier of dockable if data should remain stored

getRegister

MutableCControlRegister getRegister()

Gets the mutable register of the CControl. Note that clients should only query this register, but not change anything in it.

Returns:

the register

fillMultiFactories

void fillMultiFactories(CSetting setting)

Fills the property multiple factory dockables in setting.

Parameters:

setting - the setting to fill