bibliothek.gui.dock.common.intern
Interface CommonElement

All Superinterfaces:

DockElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

CommonDockable, CommonDockStation<S,C>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CFlapDockStation, CScreenDockStation, CSplitDockStation, DefaultCommonDockable

public interface CommonElement
extends DockElement

Root interface for CommonDockable and for CommonDockStation.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

CommonDockable	asDockable() Returns this if this is an instance of Dockable.
CommonDockStation<?,?>	asDockStation() Returns this if this is an instance of DockStation.

Methods inherited from interface bibliothek.gui.dock.DockElement

getController, getFactoryID

Method Detail

asDockable

CommonDockable asDockable()

Description copied from interface: DockElement

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

Specified by:

asDockable in interface DockElement

Returns:

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

asDockStation

CommonDockStation<?,?> asDockStation()

Description copied from interface: DockElement

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

Specified by:

asDockStation in interface DockElement

Returns:

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