org.pf.tools.cda.ui.plugin.spi
Class ASubWindowPlugin

java.lang.Object
  org.pf.tools.cda.xpi.APluginImplementation
      org.pf.tools.cda.ui.xpi.AActionPlugin
          org.pf.tools.cda.ui.plugin.spi.ASubWindowPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPluginActionInfo, IPluginInfo

public abstract class ASubWindowPlugin
extends AActionPlugin

This abstract class specifies the methods to be implemented by all subclasses that are intended to provide a sub-window to the main application.

Each concrete subclass must specifiy a public non-argument constructor.

Version:

1.0

Author:

M.Duchrow

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.pf.tools.cda.ui.xpi.IPluginActionInfo

EMPTY_ARRAY

Method Summary

void	close() This method must be called in order to close this plug-in with its window and automatically inform its controller.
abstract java.awt.Frame	createFrame(IExplorationModelObject object) This method must be implemented to create the whole UI of the new window.
void	dispose() This method will be called right before the plug-in gets closed.
PluginConfiguration	getConfiguration(java.awt.Frame parent) Returns the configuration data that might be necessary to execute the plugin's functionality
IIntegrationService	getIntegrationService() Returns the integration service that is the interface to the main application.
void	initialize(PluginConfiguration config) This method will be called right after the plug-in has been created and connected to the internal structures.
void	setIntegrationService(IIntegrationService newValue) Do NOT call this method.

Methods inherited from class org.pf.tools.cda.ui.xpi.AActionPlugin

getDisabledIconFilename, getEnabledIconFilename, getToolTipText

Methods inherited from class org.pf.tools.cda.xpi.APluginImplementation

getPluginId, setPluginId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.pf.tools.cda.ui.xpi.IPluginActionInfo

getActionText

Methods inherited from interface org.pf.tools.cda.xpi.IPluginInfo

getPluginId, getPluginProvider, getPluginVersion

Method Detail

getIntegrationService

public IIntegrationService getIntegrationService()

Returns the integration service that is the interface to the main application. Its purpose is to provide all necessary data from the main application and functionality which might be useful in plug-ins as well.

setIntegrationService

public void setIntegrationService(IIntegrationService newValue)

Do NOT call this method. It is public because it is used to initialize the plug-in.

createFrame

public abstract java.awt.Frame createFrame(IExplorationModelObject object)

This method must be implemented to create the whole UI of the new window. It returns a Frame containing all widgets that are necessary to show whatever the plug-in wants to show.

Parameters:

object - The element on which this plug-in was invoked

Returns:

A frame or null. If null is returned the plug-in execution get cancelled.

getConfiguration

public PluginConfiguration getConfiguration(java.awt.Frame parent)

Returns the configuration data that might be necessary to execute the plugin's functionality

Parameters:

parent - The parent frame from which the plugin is used

Returns:

A configuration or null

initialize

public void initialize(PluginConfiguration config)

This method will be called right after the plug-in has been created and connected to the internal structures. The purpose of this method is to do all necessary initialization. Do NOT use the constructor for initialization because the plug-in is not connected and basically initialized at that time.
Instead use this method.

This is an empty implementation of this method which is convenient for subclasses that don't need an initialization at all.

dispose

public void dispose()

This method will be called right before the plug-in gets closed. Its purpose is to release all resources and clean-up everything to avoid memory leaks.
Subclasses that override this method should always call super.dispose() at the end of the overriden method.

This here is an empty implementation of this method which is convenient for subclasses that don't need to dispose anything..

close

public void close()

This method must be called in order to close this plug-in with its window and automatically inform its controller.