bibliothek.gui.dock
Interface DockElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

CommonDockable, CommonDockStation<S,C>, CommonElement, Dockable, DockStation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDockable, AbstractDockableStation, AbstractDockStation, CFlapDockStation, CScreenDockStation, CSplitDockStation, DefaultCommonDockable, DefaultDockable, FlapDockStation, ScreenDockStation, SplitDockStation, StackDockStation

public interface DockElement

An element in the hierarchy of dockables and stations. Classes implementing this interface must either be a Dockable, a DockStation or both of them.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

Dockable	asDockable() Returns this if this is an instance of Dockable.
DockStation	asDockStation() Returns this if this is an instance of DockStation.
DockController	getController() Gets the controller that currently is associated with this DockElement.
String	getFactoryID() Gets the unique name of the DockFactory which can read and write elements of this type.

Method Detail

asDockable

Dockable asDockable()

Returns this if this is an instance of Dockable. Otherwise null is returned.

Returns:

this or null. Must not return null if asDockable() already returns null.

asDockStation

DockStation asDockStation()

Returns this if this is an instance of DockStation. Otherwise null is returned.

Returns:

this or null. Must not return null if asDockable() already returns null

getController

DockController getController()

Gets the controller that currently is associated with this DockElement.

Returns:

the controller or null

getFactoryID

String getFactoryID()

Gets the unique name of the DockFactory which can read and write elements of this type.

Returns:

the id of the factory