com.groiss.gui
Interface Container

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Component, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContainer, Button, DivComponent, FieldSet, FormContainer, Label, TabbedDialog, TableContainer, Tabs, XHTMLPage

public interface Container
extends Component

the container is an composite component of a view see the composite pattern [GoF95] for any details

Method Summary

Component	add(Component c)
<T extends Component> T	get(String id)
Collection	getAll()
Collection	getAll(String name)
Collection	getAllDeep()
<T extends Component> T	getByName(String name)
Component	remove(String id)
Component	substitute(String id, Component c)

Methods inherited from interface com.groiss.gui.Component

clone, getActionListener, getAttribute, getBrowserMode, getContent, getId, getLabel, getName, getParent, getParentElement, getRoot, getStyle, getViewMode, init, init, removeAttribute, setActionListener, setAttribute, setBrowserMode, setContent, setId, setLabel, setName, setParent, setParentElement, setStyle, setViewMode, show, show, toString

Method Detail

add

Component add(Component c)

Parameters:

c - - the component

Returns:

- the replaced component or null

remove

Component remove(String id)

Parameters:

id - - the id of the component

Returns:

- the removed component with the given id or null

substitute

Component substitute(String id,
                     Component c)

Parameters:

id - - the id of the component which should be substituted

c - - the new component

Returns:

- the substituted component or null, if no component with the given id was found

get

<T extends Component> T get(String id)

Parameters:

id - - the id of the component

Returns:

- the component with the given id or null

getByName

<T extends Component> T getByName(String name)

Parameters:

name - the name of the component

Returns:

the component with the given id or null

getAll

Collection getAll()

Returns:

- all direct components of the container

getAll

Collection getAll(String name)

Returns:

- all direct components of the container with the given name

getAllDeep

Collection getAllDeep()

Returns:

- all components of the container recursively