bibliothek.gui.dock.layout
Interface AdjacentDockFactory<L>

Type Parameters:

L - the kind of object this factory uses as intermediate format

All Superinterfaces:

DockConverter<DockElement,L>

public interface AdjacentDockFactory<L>
extends DockConverter<DockElement,L>

An object that works together with a DockFactory, this object decides on its own whether it wants to store information about a DockElement or not.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

boolean

interested(DockElement element) Tells whether this factory is interested in storing information for element.

Methods inherited from interface bibliothek.gui.dock.layout.DockConverter

getID, getLayout, read, read, setLayout, setLayout, write, write

Method Detail

interested

boolean interested(DockElement element)

Tells whether this factory is interested in storing information for element. This method must ensure that element is an instance of of D.

Parameters:

element - the element which might be stored by this factory

Returns:

true if the factory wants to store element