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oracle.ide.inspector.layout
Class SimpleElement

java.lang.Object
oracle.ide.inspector.layout.SimpleElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element

Direct Known Subclasses:

CustomComponent, Property, Spring

public abstract class SimpleElement

extends java.lang.Object

implements Element

Simple elements should extend this class. This class provides method implementations indicating the this element cannot have children and that it is not extensible.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.ide.inspector.layout.Element

EXTENDS, ID, PART_OF

Constructor Summary

SimpleElement()

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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleElement

public SimpleElement()

Method Detail

mayHaveChildren

public boolean mayHaveChildren()

Description copied from interface: Element

Find out whether this element contains other elements as children.

Specified by:

mayHaveChildren in interface Element

Returns:

true is this element is a container of other elements.

isExtensible

public boolean isExtensible()

Description copied from interface: Element

Find out whether this element is Extensible.

Specified by:

isExtensible in interface Element

Returns:

true if this element is Extensible.

getExtensible

public Extensible getExtensible()

Description copied from interface: Element

Get the Extensible information.

Specified by:

getExtensible in interface Element

Returns:

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

getChildren

public java.util.List<Element> getChildren()

Description copied from interface: Element

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

Specified by:

getChildren in interface Element

Returns:

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

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