bibliothek.gui.dock.common.intern
Interface CControlFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

EfficientControlFactory

public interface CControlFactory

A factory creating various elements that are needed in a CControl and its associated components.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

DockController	createController(CControl owner) Creates or gets the DockController.
CommonDockStation<FlapDockStation,CFlapDockStation>	createFlapDockStation(Component expansion, CommonStationDelegate<CFlapDockStation> delegate) Creates a new FlapDockStation.
CDockFrontend	createFrontend(CControlAccess owner, DockController controller) Creates a new DockFrontend that will be used by owner.
MutableCControlRegister	createRegister(CControl owner) Creates a new register that keeps track of all the elements shown and used by owner.
CommonDockStation<ScreenDockStation,CScreenDockStation>	createScreenDockStation(WindowProvider owner, CommonStationDelegate<CScreenDockStation> delegate) Creates a new ScreenDockStation.
CommonDockStation<SplitDockStation,CSplitDockStation>	createSplitDockStation(CommonStationDelegate<CSplitDockStation> delegate) Creates a new SplitDockStation that implements CommonDockable as well.

Method Detail

createController

DockController createController(CControl owner)

Creates or gets the DockController.

Parameters:

owner - the control for which the result of this method will be used

Returns:

the new controller

createFrontend

CDockFrontend createFrontend(CControlAccess owner,
                             DockController controller)

Creates a new DockFrontend that will be used by owner.

Parameters:

owner - the owner

controller - the controller to be used by the new frontend

Returns:

the new frontend

createRegister

MutableCControlRegister createRegister(CControl owner)

Creates a new register that keeps track of all the elements shown and used by owner.

Parameters:

owner - the owner of the register

Returns:

the new register

createFlapDockStation

CommonDockStation<FlapDockStation,CFlapDockStation> createFlapDockStation(Component expansion,
                                                                          CommonStationDelegate<CFlapDockStation> delegate)

Creates a new FlapDockStation.

Parameters:

expansion - a Component which will be some parent of the result, the FlapDockStation.getExpansionBounds() should act as if expansion were the whole station

delegate - some methods that can be used by the created station

Returns:

the new station

createScreenDockStation

CommonDockStation<ScreenDockStation,CScreenDockStation> createScreenDockStation(WindowProvider owner,
                                                                                CommonStationDelegate<CScreenDockStation> delegate)

Creates a new ScreenDockStation.

Parameters:

owner - the owner of the dialogs of the station

delegate - some methods that can be used by the created station

Returns:

the new station

createSplitDockStation

CommonDockStation<SplitDockStation,CSplitDockStation> createSplitDockStation(CommonStationDelegate<CSplitDockStation> delegate)

Creates a new SplitDockStation that implements CommonDockable as well.

Parameters:

delegate - some methods that can be used by the created station

Returns:

the new station