com.groiss.gui
Interface Component

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Container

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractComponent, AbstractContainer, Button, Checkbox, ComparableComponent, DivComponent, DropdownList, FieldSet, FileChooser, FormContainer, HiddenField, Image, Label, Link, PasswordField, RadioButton, RadioGroup, SelectList, SortableLink, SubmitButton, TabbedDialog, TableContainer, Tabs, Text, Textarea, Textfield, XHTMLPage

public interface Component
extends Cloneable, Serializable

interface for any component the component is an elementary part of any view see the composite pattern [GoF95] for any details

Method Summary

Object	clone() returns a copy of the Component object
String	getActionListener(String event)
String	getAttribute(String name) returs the value of an attribute
short	getBrowserMode()
Object	getContent()
String	getId()
Label	getLabel()
String	getName()
Container	getParent()
Element	getParentElement()
Element	getRoot() returns the root element of the internal JDOM
String	getStyle()
short	getViewMode()
void	init(Element root) initialize the component with a jdom-tree
void	init(String name, String id, String className) initialize the component with a jdom-tree
boolean	removeAttribute(String name) removes the attribute
void	setActionListener(String event, String action) sets the style
Component	setAttribute(String name, String value) sets the attribute to the component
void	setBrowserMode(short mode) sets the browserMode
void	setContent(Object o) sets the content of the component
void	setId(String id) set the unique identifier to a given value.
void	setLabel(Label c) sets the label component
void	setName(String name) set the name to a given value.
void	setParent(Container parent) sets the parent continer
void	setParentElement(Element parent) sets the parent element of the components root
void	setStyle(String style) sets the style
void	setViewMode(short mode) sets the viewMode
String	show() method for rendering the component as string
void	show(PrintWriter output) prints the rendered component to a PrintWriter
String	toString()

Method Detail

init

void init(Element root)

initialize the component with a jdom-tree

Parameters:

root - - the root-element of the tree, must not be null

init

void init(String name,
          String id,
          String className)

initialize the component with a jdom-tree

Parameters:

name - - the name of the root element

id - - the id of the component

className - - the name of the component class

setAttribute

Component setAttribute(String name,
                       String value)

sets the attribute to the component

Parameters:

name - - the name of the attribute

value - - the value of the attribute

getAttribute

String getAttribute(String name)

returs the value of an attribute

Parameters:

name - - the name of the attribute

Returns:

- the value of the attribute

removeAttribute

boolean removeAttribute(String name)

removes the attribute

Parameters:

name - - the name of the attribute

Returns:

- true, if the attribute was found

setId

void setId(String id)

set the unique identifier to a given value. Handle with care!

Parameters:

id - the new id of this component

getId

String getId()

Returns:

- the unique identifier of the component

setName

void setName(String name)

set the name to a given value.

Parameters:

name - - the new name of this component

getName

String getName()

Returns:

- the name of the component

setLabel

void setLabel(Label c)

sets the label component

Parameters:

c - - the label component

getLabel

Label getLabel()

Returns:

- the label component of the component

setParent

void setParent(Container parent)

sets the parent continer

Parameters:

parent - - the parent element of the container

getParent

Container getParent()

Returns:

- the parent container of the component

setParentElement

void setParentElement(Element parent)

sets the parent element of the components root

Parameters:

parent - - the parent element

getParentElement

Element getParentElement()

Returns:

- the parent element of the components root

setViewMode

void setViewMode(short mode)

sets the viewMode

Parameters:

mode - - the new viewMode

getViewMode

short getViewMode()

Returns:

- the viewMode of the component

setBrowserMode

void setBrowserMode(short mode)

sets the browserMode

Parameters:

mode - - the new browserMode

getBrowserMode

short getBrowserMode()

Returns:

- the browserMode of the component

setStyle

void setStyle(String style)

sets the style

Parameters:

style - - the new style

getStyle

String getStyle()

Returns:

- the style of the component

setActionListener

void setActionListener(String event,
                       String action)

sets the style

Parameters:

event - - the event to listen

action - - the action to perform

getActionListener

String getActionListener(String event)

Parameters:

event - - the event to listen

Returns:

- the action to perform

show

String show()

method for rendering the component as string

show

void show(PrintWriter output)

prints the rendered component to a PrintWriter

Parameters:

output - - the Printwriter

toString

String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

- the rendered component as string

clone

Object clone()

returns a copy of the Component object

Returns:

the Component clone

getRoot

Element getRoot()

returns the root element of the internal JDOM

Returns:

the (root) Element object

setContent

void setContent(Object o)

sets the content of the component

Parameters:

o - any object where the string representation is used for rendering

getContent

Object getContent()

Returns:

- the content object of the component