bibliothek.gui.dock.common.perspective
Interface CElementPerspective

All Known Subinterfaces:

CDockablePerspective, CStationPerspective

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCDockablePerspective, CExternalizePerspective, CGridPerspective, CMinimizePerspective, CWorkingPerspective, MultipleCDockablePerspective, SingleCDockablePerspective

public interface CElementPerspective

Represents a dockable or a station in a CPerspective.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

CDockablePerspective	asDockable() Gets this as dockable, if this is a dockable.
CStationPerspective	asStation() Gets this as station, if this is a station.
CommonElementPerspective	intern() Gets the internal representation for this element.

Method Detail

intern

CommonElementPerspective intern()

Gets the internal representation for this element.
If asDockable() returns a non-null value, then intern().asDockable() must not return null either.
If asStation() returns a non-null value, then intern().asStation() must not return null either.

Returns:

the internal representation

asDockable

CDockablePerspective asDockable()

Gets this as dockable, if this is a dockable.

Returns:

this or null

asStation

CStationPerspective asStation()

Gets this as station, if this is a station.

Returns:

this or null