javax.ide.view

Class View

java.lang.Object

javax.ide.view.DefaultViewable

javax.ide.view.View

All Implemented Interfaces:

Identifiable, Viewable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Editor, LogPage

public abstract class View
extends DefaultViewable
implements Identifiable

View components display information to the user. A view obtains the data from the model. There can be multiple views of the model. Each View has an associated Controller. Controllers receive requests to handle the commands associated with user interaction with the view.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.ide.view.Viewable

PROP_ICON_PATH, PROP_LABEL, PROP_VISIBLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
View()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	activate() Called when the View gains the input focus.
abstract void	deactivate() Called when the View looses the input focus.
abstract Context	getContext() Gets the current view context.
abstract Controller	getController() Get the Controller associated with this view.
abstract GUIPanel	getGUI() Get the root graphical user interface component.
abstract boolean	isVisible() Determine whether the View is visible.
abstract View	parent() Get the parent view.
abstract void	setVisible(boolean visible) Show/hide view.

Methods inherited from class javax.ide.view.DefaultViewable

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getIcon, getLabel, getToolTip, removePropertyChangeListener, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface javax.ide.Identifiable

getID

Constructor Detail

View

public View()

Method Detail

getGUI

public abstract GUIPanel getGUI()

Get the root graphical user interface component.

setVisible

public abstract void setVisible(boolean visible)

Show/hide view.

Overrides:

setVisible in class DefaultViewable

Parameters:

visible - The visible state of the view.

isVisible

public abstract boolean isVisible()

Determine whether the View is visible.

Specified by:

isVisible in interface Viewable

Overrides:

isVisible in class DefaultViewable

Returns:

The visible state of the view.

getContext

public abstract Context getContext()

Gets the current view context.

Returns:

The current view Context.

activate

public abstract void activate()

Called when the View gains the input focus. View implementations generally respond to the fact that this View is now the active view by updating the view display, for example.

deactivate

public abstract void deactivate()

Called when the View looses the input focus. View implementations generally, respond to the fact that this View is no longer the active view by reversing actions taken during view activation.

getController

public abstract Controller getController()

Get the Controller associated with this view.

Returns:

The Controller responsible for handling the actions that can be executed from this view.

parent

public abstract View parent()

Get the parent view.

Returns:

The parent view hosting this view.