uk.ac.essex.common.gui
Interface DefaultApplicationController

All Superinterfaces:

ApplicationController, Service

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultApplicationControllerImpl

public interface DefaultApplicationController
extends ApplicationController

This represents the controller in an MVC architecture
Date: Apr 5, 2002

See Also:

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Method Summary

void	addActionHandler(java.lang.String name, ActionHandler actionHandler) Register an ActionHandler for this viewer.
void	destroy() Called to shut the Application down, this allows it to save open files etc.
ActionHandler	getActionHandler(java.lang.String name)
ApplicationFrame	getApplicationFrame()
EditHandler	getEditHandler()
FileHandler	getFileHandler()
FileOp	getFileOp()
OptionsHandler	getOptionsHandler()
void	initialise() Initialise the service
java.lang.String[]	listActionHandlers()
void	removeActionHandler(java.lang.String name) UnRegister an ActionHandler for this application.
void	restoreSession() This loads the GUI into the users prefered state, for example loading open files etc..
void	setEditHandler(EditHandler editHandler)
void	setFileHandler(FileHandler fileHandler)
void	setOptionsHandler(OptionsHandler optionsHandler)

Method Detail

getFileOp

FileOp getFileOp()

Returns:

addActionHandler

void addActionHandler(java.lang.String name,
                      ActionHandler actionHandler)

Register an ActionHandler for this viewer. This could be an action handler that manages all file actions, all help actions etc..

Parameters:

name - - The name to associate the handler with

actionHandler - - The handler to add

removeActionHandler

void removeActionHandler(java.lang.String name)

UnRegister an ActionHandler for this application.

Parameters:

name - - The name of the handler

See Also:

addActionHandler(java.lang.String, uk.ac.essex.common.action.ActionHandler)

listActionHandlers

java.lang.String[] listActionHandlers()

Returns:

getActionHandler

ActionHandler getActionHandler(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

getApplicationFrame

ApplicationFrame getApplicationFrame()

Returns:

initialise

void initialise()
                throws InitialisationException

Description copied from interface: Service

Initialise the service

Specified by:

initialise in interface Service

Throws:

InitialisationException

destroy

void destroy()
             throws DestructionException,
                    ShutdownCancelledException

Called to shut the Application down, this allows it to save open files etc.

Specified by:

destroy in interface Service

Throws:

DestructionException

ShutdownCancelledException

restoreSession

void restoreSession()

This loads the GUI into the users prefered state, for example loading open files etc..

getFileHandler

FileHandler getFileHandler()

setFileHandler

void setFileHandler(FileHandler fileHandler)

getOptionsHandler

OptionsHandler getOptionsHandler()

setOptionsHandler

void setOptionsHandler(OptionsHandler optionsHandler)

getEditHandler

EditHandler getEditHandler()

setEditHandler

void setEditHandler(EditHandler editHandler)