Package diva.gui

Interface AppContext

All Superinterfaces:

javax.swing.RootPaneContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

MDIContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AppContextDelegate, AppletContext, AppletTutorial, ApplicationContext, BasicFrame, BasicGraphDemoApplet, BubbleGraphDemoApplet, DesktopContext

public interface AppContext
extends javax.swing.RootPaneContainer

A context for either an application or an applet that wants to use the diva.gui infrastructure.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Steve Neuendorffer, Michael Shilman

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
javax.swing.Action	getExitAction()	Return the action that is called back when the user exits the app.
java.awt.Image	getIconImage()	Get the image that represents this frame.
javax.swing.JMenuBar	getJMenuBar()	Return the menu bar that the container uses.
java.lang.String	getTitle()	Return the title of the context.
boolean	isVisible()	Return whether the context is visible.
java.awt.Component	makeComponent()	Make this into a component (since Component is not an interface.
void	setExitAction(javax.swing.Action exitAction)	Set the action that is called back when the user exits the app.
void	setIconImage(java.awt.Image image)	Set the icon that represents this frame.
void	setJMenuBar(javax.swing.JMenuBar menu)	Set the menu bar that the container uses.
void	setSize(int w, int h)	Set the size of the context.
void	setTitle(java.lang.String title)	Set the title of the context.
void	setVisible(boolean visible)	Set whether the context is visible.
void	showStatus(java.lang.String status)	Show the given status string at the bottom of the context.

Methods inherited from interface javax.swing.RootPaneContainer

getContentPane, getGlassPane, getLayeredPane, getRootPane, setContentPane, setGlassPane, setLayeredPane

Method Detail

getExitAction

javax.swing.Action getExitAction()

Return the action that is called back when the user exits the app.

getIconImage

java.awt.Image getIconImage()

Get the image that represents this frame.

getJMenuBar

javax.swing.JMenuBar getJMenuBar()

Return the menu bar that the container uses.

getTitle

java.lang.String getTitle()

Return the title of the context.

isVisible

boolean isVisible()

Return whether the context is visible.

makeComponent

java.awt.Component makeComponent()

Make this into a component (since Component is not an interface.

setExitAction

void setExitAction(javax.swing.Action exitAction)

Set the action that is called back when the user exits the app.

setIconImage

void setIconImage(java.awt.Image image)

Set the icon that represents this frame.

setJMenuBar

void setJMenuBar(javax.swing.JMenuBar menu)

Set the menu bar that the container uses.

setTitle

void setTitle(java.lang.String title)

Set the title of the context.

setSize

void setSize(int w,
             int h)

Set the size of the context. Won't do anything for an applet.

setVisible

void setVisible(boolean visible)

Set whether the context is visible. May be meaningless if the context is always visible.

showStatus

void showStatus(java.lang.String status)

Show the given status string at the bottom of the context. Note: application implementation may implement this as an empty method.