org.gswing.gui.services
Interface IDesktopManagement

All Superinterfaces:

IViewerInvocation

All Known Implementing Classes:

Desktop

public interface IDesktopManagement
extends IViewerInvocation

Defines the services provided by the desktop manager.

Method Summary

void	add(JInternalFrame guiComponent) Add a component window to the desktop.
void	executeLengthyTask(Object source, String method, Object[] params, BoundedRangeModel model) Execute a method that could take some time.
JDesktopPane	getDesktopPane()
JRootPane	getRootPane()
void	invokeInserter(JComponent parent, String constituency, char type, String parentConstituency) Display the inserter dialog.
void	remove(JInternalFrame guiComponent) Remove a component window from the desktop.

Methods inherited from interface org.gswing.components.common.gui.IViewerInvocation

showResult

Method Detail

add

void add(JInternalFrame guiComponent)

Add a component window to the desktop.

Parameters:

guiComponent - The component to be added.

remove

void remove(JInternalFrame guiComponent)

Remove a component window from the desktop.

Parameters:

guiComponent - The component to be removed.

invokeInserter

void invokeInserter(JComponent parent,
                    String constituency,
                    char type,
                    String parentConstituency)

Display the inserter dialog.

Parameters:

parent - The component that invoked this.

constituency - The name of the constituency to display.

type - The constituency type.

parentConstituency - The parent constituency.

executeLengthyTask

void executeLengthyTask(Object source,
                        String method,
                        Object[] params,
                        BoundedRangeModel model)

Execute a method that could take some time. The method is executed in a seperate thread allowing futher GUI processing. A progress bar is displayed in the GUI status bar.

Parameters:

source - The object that the method is to invoked on.

method - The name of the method to be invoked.

params - The method parameters.

model - The progress bar model.

getDesktopPane

JDesktopPane getDesktopPane()

Returns:

The desktop's JDesktopPane.

getRootPane

JRootPane getRootPane()

Returns:

The desktop's JRootPane.