oracle.ide.inspector.layout
Interface Element

All Known Implementing Classes:

CategoryLayout, Choice, ChoiceGroup, CustomComponent, DisplayGroup, ExtensibleElement, ExtensibleGroup, Property, PropertyFormLayout, PropertyFormLayoutAssembly, PropertyFormLayoutAssembly.CategoryLayoutAssembly, PropertyFormLayoutAssembly.ChoiceAssembly, PropertyFormLayoutAssembly.ChoiceGroupAssembly, PropertyFormLayoutAssembly.DisplayGroupAssembly, Row, SimpleElement, Spring

public interface Element

Base class for all layout classes.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	EXTENDS
static java.lang.String	ID
static java.lang.String	PART_OF

Method Summary

java.util.List<Element>	getChildren() If this element contains other elements as children, this method returns the list of children, otherwise, it returns an empty list.
Extensible	getExtensible() Get the Extensible information.
boolean	isExtensible() Find out whether this element is Extensible.
boolean	mayHaveChildren() Find out whether this element contains other elements as children.

Field Detail

ID

static final java.lang.String ID

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EXTENDS

static final java.lang.String EXTENDS

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PART_OF

static final java.lang.String PART_OF

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Method Detail

mayHaveChildren

boolean mayHaveChildren()

Find out whether this element contains other elements as children.

Returns:

true is this element is a container of other elements.

getChildren

java.util.List<Element> getChildren()

If this element contains other elements as children, this method returns the list of children, otherwise, it returns an empty list.

Returns:

the list of children. The list is always non-null but it may be empty when there are no children available.

isExtensible

boolean isExtensible()

Find out whether this element is Extensible.

Returns:

true if this element is Extensible.

getExtensible

Extensible getExtensible()

Get the Extensible information.

Returns:

implementations that return true from the isExtensible() method, must implement the Extensible interface and return this from their implementation of this method.