bibliothek.gui.dock.station
Class AbstractDockStation

java.lang.Object
  bibliothek.gui.dock.station.AbstractDockStation

All Implemented Interfaces:

DockElement, DockStation

Direct Known Subclasses:

ScreenDockStation

public abstract class AbstractDockStation
extends java.lang.Object
implements DockStation

An abstract implementation of DockStation. This station has the ability to send events to registered DockStationListeners.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Field Summary

protected DockStationListenerManager

listeners The list of DockStationListeners which can be used to send events to all listeners.

Constructor Summary

AbstractDockStation()

Method Summary

boolean	accept(Dockable child) Tells whether this station accepts child as a new child, or refuses child.
void	addDockStationListener(DockStationListener listener) Adds a listener to this station.
protected abstract void	callDockUiUpdateTheme() Calls the method DockUI.
boolean	canCompare(DockStation station) Tells whether this station knows a rule how to compare itself with station.
void	changed(Dockable dockable, DockTitle title, boolean active) Called by the DockController of this station to indicate that the active-state of title has been changed.
int	compare(DockStation station) Compares this station with station.
DockController	getController() Gets the controller that currently is associated with this DockElement.
DockTheme	getTheme() Gets the current theme of this station.
boolean	isVisible(Dockable dockable) Tells whether the child dockable is visible or not.
void	removeDockStationListener(DockStationListener listener) Removes a listener from this station.
void	requestChildDockTitle(DockTitleRequest request) Provides a DockTitle for a child of this station.
void	setController(DockController controller) Sets the controller of this station.
void	updateTheme() Updates the DockTheme of this station.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface bibliothek.gui.DockStation

canDrag, canReplace, drag, draw, drop, drop, drop, forget, getDirectActionOffers, getDockable, getDockableCount, getDockableProperty, getFrontDockable, getIndirectActionOffers, getPlaceholders, getStationBounds, isInOverrideZone, isStationVisible, move, move, prepareDrop, prepareMove, replace, replace, setFrontDockable, setPlaceholders

Methods inherited from interface bibliothek.gui.dock.DockElement

asDockable, asDockStation, getFactoryID

Field Detail

listeners

protected DockStationListenerManager listeners

The list of DockStationListeners which can be used to send events to all listeners.

Constructor Detail

AbstractDockStation

public AbstractDockStation()

Method Detail

setController

public void setController(DockController controller)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Sets the controller of this station. If the station wants to show any DockTitle, then the titles have to be replaced by new instances (assuming the controller is really new). The title has to get new DockTitleVersions through the DockTitleManager of controller.
An argument of null means that this station is currently not shown.

Specified by:

setController in interface DockStation

Parameters:

controller - the owner of this station, can be null

getController

public DockController getController()

Description copied from interface: DockElement

Gets the controller that currently is associated with this DockElement.

Specified by:

getController in interface DockElement

Specified by:

getController in interface DockStation

Returns:

the controller or null

See Also:

DockStation.setController(DockController)

getTheme

public DockTheme getTheme()

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Gets the current theme of this station. The theme can be null, but that means that the station is not fully initialized, and might not work correct.

Specified by:

getTheme in interface DockStation

Returns:

the theme of this station or null.

updateTheme

public void updateTheme()

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Updates the DockTheme of this station. The new theme has to be read from the controller of this station. If the controller is null, this method should return immediately.
You may use DockUI.updateTheme(DockStation, DockFactory) to implement this method.

Specified by:

updateTheme in interface DockStation

callDockUiUpdateTheme

protected abstract void callDockUiUpdateTheme()
                                       throws java.io.IOException

Calls the method DockUI.DockUI.updateTheme(DockStation, DockFactory) with this as the first argument, and an appropriate factory as the second argument.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the DockUI throws an exception

addDockStationListener

public void addDockStationListener(DockStationListener listener)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Adds a listener to this station. The station has to invoke the methods of the listener such that its requirements are full filled.

Specified by:

addDockStationListener in interface DockStation

Parameters:

listener - the listener to add

removeDockStationListener

public void removeDockStationListener(DockStationListener listener)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Removes a listener from this station.

Specified by:

removeDockStationListener in interface DockStation

Parameters:

listener - the listener to remove

isVisible

public boolean isVisible(Dockable dockable)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Tells whether the child dockable is visible or not. Visible means that the component of dockable can be seen by the user. The result must be false if this station is not visible.

Specified by:

isVisible in interface DockStation

Parameters:

dockable - the child whose visibility-state is questioned

Returns:

whether dockable is visible or not

See Also:

DockStation.isStationVisible()

accept

public boolean accept(Dockable child)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Tells whether this station accepts child as a new child, or refuses child. The user will not be able to drop a Dockable onto this station if this method returns false.

Specified by:

accept in interface DockStation

Parameters:

child - a Dockable which may become a child

Returns:

true if child is accepted

canCompare

public boolean canCompare(DockStation station)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Tells whether this station knows a rule how to compare itself with station. See DockStation.compare(DockStation) for more details.

Specified by:

canCompare in interface DockStation

Parameters:

station - another station

Returns:

true if a call to compare will not end in an exception and return another value than 0

compare

public int compare(DockStation station)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Compares this station with station. The comparison is needed if the stations bounds of the two station have common points. On a drag-event, the controller needs a way to decide which station is more important (and receives the opportunity to get a new child first). The controller will use the method compare to do this. This method works like Comparable.compareTo(Object).

Specified by:

compare in interface DockStation

Parameters:

station - another station

Returns:

a number less/equal/higher than zero, if this station has higher/equal/lesser priority than station.

changed

public void changed(Dockable dockable,
                    DockTitle title,
                    boolean active)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Called by the DockController of this station to indicate that the active-state of title has been changed. This station should call the method title.changed with an appropriate event. The station may add some additional information to this call.

Specified by:

changed in interface DockStation

Parameters:

dockable - the child whose title is changed

title - the changed title, may not be bound

active - the new state of the title

requestChildDockTitle

public void requestChildDockTitle(DockTitleRequest request)

Description copied from interface: DockStation

Provides a DockTitle for a child of this station. This method must call DockTitleRequest.answer(DockTitle) to set the result.
Most DockStations won't have the need to implement this method, leaving it empty will advice the framework to use another source for new DockTitles.

Specified by:

requestChildDockTitle in interface DockStation

Parameters:

request - the request to answer, not null