org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.views
Interface IView

All Superinterfaces:

org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.IconBarEnabler, org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.mainwindow.Refreshable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIView, PluginView, UISWTPluginView

public interface IView
extends org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.IconBarEnabler, org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.mainwindow.Refreshable

Author:

Olivier

Method Summary

void	dataSourceChanged(java.lang.Object newDataSource) Called when the selected dataSource has changed.
void	delete() This method is caled when the view is destroyed.
void	generateDiagnostics(org.gudy.azureus2.core3.util.IndentWriter writer) Called when Azureus generates Diagnostics.
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite	getComposite() This method is called after initialize so that the Tab is set its control Caller is the GUI Thread.
java.lang.String	getData() Data 'could' store a key to a language file, in order to support multi-language titles
java.lang.String	getFullTitle() Called in order to set / update the title of this View.
java.lang.String	getShortTitle() Called in order to set / update the short title of this view.
void	initialize(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite composite) This method is called when the view is instanciated, it should initialize all GUI components.
void	updateLanguage() Called when the language needs updating

Methods inherited from interface org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.IconBarEnabler

isEnabled, isSelected, itemActivated

Methods inherited from interface org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.mainwindow.Refreshable

refresh

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite composite)

This method is called when the view is instanciated, it should initialize all GUI components. Must NOT be blocking, or it'll freeze the whole GUI. Caller is the GUI Thread.

Parameters:

composite - the parent composite. Each view should create a child composite, and then use this child composite to add all elements to.

getComposite

org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite getComposite()

This method is called after initialize so that the Tab is set its control Caller is the GUI Thread.

Returns:

the Composite that should be set as the control for the Tab item

delete

void delete()

This method is caled when the view is destroyed. Each color instanciated, images and such things should be disposed. The caller is the GUI thread.

getData

java.lang.String getData()

Data 'could' store a key to a language file, in order to support multi-language titles

Returns:

a String which is the key of this view title.

getShortTitle

java.lang.String getShortTitle()

Called in order to set / update the short title of this view. When the view is being displayed in a tab, the short title is used for the tab's text

Returns:

A short title for the view

getFullTitle

java.lang.String getFullTitle()

Called in order to set / update the title of this View. When the view is being displayed in a tab, the full title is used for the tooltip.

Returns:

the full title for the view

updateLanguage

void updateLanguage()

Called when the language needs updating

generateDiagnostics

void generateDiagnostics(org.gudy.azureus2.core3.util.IndentWriter writer)

Called when Azureus generates Diagnostics. Write any diagnostic information you want to the writer.

Parameters:

writer -

Since:

2.3.0.4

dataSourceChanged

void dataSourceChanged(java.lang.Object newDataSource)

Called when the selected dataSource has changed. If this view is dependent upon a selected datasource, implement this function and update your view.

Parameters:

newDataSource - null if no datasource is selected. May be an array of Object[] if multiple dataSources are selected

Since:

2.3.0.7