CompositeView


1   /*
2     Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Pawlak, Laurent Martelli
3     
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17  
18  package org.objectweb.jac.aspects.gui;
19  
20  import java.util.Collection  ;
21  
22  /**
23   * This view is a composite view (i.e. a view that can contains other
24   * view). View and CompositeView follow the GoF composite pattern. */
25  
26  public interface CompositeView extends View {
27      /**
28       * Adds a component view in the composite.
29       *
30       * @param component the component view
31       * @param extraInfos some positionning infos on where the component
32       * should be added in the composite 
33       */
34      void addView(View component, Object   extraInfos);
35  
36      /**
37       * Adds a component view in the composite.
38       *
39       * @param component the component view 
40       */
41      void addView(View component);
42  
43      /**
44       * Adds an horizontal separator in the composite in order to insert
45       * blanks between components. 
46       */
47      void addHorizontalStrut(int width);
48  
49      /**
50       * Adds a vertical separator in the composite in order to insert
51       * blanks between components. 
52       */
53      void addVerticalStrut(int height);
54  
55      /**
56       * Gets a component view from an id object. 
57       */
58      View getView(Object   id);
59  
60      /**
61       * Gets all the component views in this composite. 
62       */
63      Collection   getViews();
64  
65      /**
66       * Tells wether the composite view contains a view with some given
67       * view type and paramters
68       *
69       * @param viewType the type of the view to look for
70       * @param parameters the parameters of the view to look for
71       * @return true if the composite contains a view with the given
72       * type and parameters
73       */
74      boolean containsView(String   viewType, Object  [] parameters);
75  
76      /**
77       * Removes a component view in this composite.
78       *
79       * @param component the component view to remove
80       * @param validate wether to validate values in editors
81       */
82      void removeView(View component, boolean validate);
83  
84      /**
85       * Removes all the views in this composite. 
86       *
87       * @param validate wether to validate values in editors
88       */
89      void removeAllViews(boolean validate);
90  }
91
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