org.formaria.aria
Interface ContentHolder

All Known Implementing Classes:

CaptionedImage, DockableFrame, InternalFrame, SwtTarget, Target

public interface ContentHolder

An interface for adding content to a component. Used by the component factories to add content to newly created components.

Copyright (c) Formaria Ltd., 2008

License: see license.txt

$Revision: 1.3 $

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.Object c, java.lang.Object constraint) Add a child component
void	doLayout() Do the container layout
java.lang.Object	getChildComponent(int i) Get a child component
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of the content holder
void	remove(java.lang.Object c) Remove a child component
void	setContent(java.lang.String content) Set the content for the component
void	setNextAttributes(java.lang.Object attribs) Set the attributes for the next component being added
void	setup(java.lang.String name, int preferredWidth, int preferredHeight, java.util.Hashtable params) Setup the container

Method Detail

setNextAttributes

void setNextAttributes(java.lang.Object attribs)

Set the attributes for the next component being added

Parameters:

attribs - a table of attributes

setContent

void setContent(java.lang.String content)

Set the content for the component

Parameters:

content - the new contents

getChildComponent

java.lang.Object getChildComponent(int i)

Get a child component

Parameters:

i - the index of the child within the container

Returns:

the child component

add

void add(java.lang.Object c,
         java.lang.Object constraint)

Add a child component

Parameters:

c - the child component

constraint - the layout constraint

remove

void remove(java.lang.Object c)

Remove a child component

Parameters:

c - the child component

doLayout

void doLayout()

Do the container layout

setup

void setup(java.lang.String name,
           int preferredWidth,
           int preferredHeight,
           java.util.Hashtable params)

Setup the container

Parameters:

name - set the container name

preferredWidth - the desired width

preferredHeight - the desired height

params - a table of extra properties

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of the content holder

Returns:

the name