diva.gui

Interface MDIContext

All Superinterfaces:

AppContext, RootPaneContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DesktopContext

public interface MDIContext
extends AppContext

An app context that provides methods for multiple documents and views. [FIXME: more docs]

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

John Reekie (johnr@eecs.berkeley.edu)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addContentPane(String title, JComponent pane) Add a new content pane to this frame.
void	addViewListener(ViewListener listener) Add a view listener to this frame.
JComponent	getCurrentContentPane() Get the content pane that is displayed as the current content pane.
Icon	getFrameIcon() Get the icon that is displayed in internal frames.
void	removeContentPane(JComponent pane) Remove the given content pane from the display and close.
void	removeViewListener(ViewListener listener) Remove a view listener from this frame.
void	setCurrentContentPane(JComponent pane) Set the given content pane to be displayed as the current content pane.
void	setFrameIcon(Icon icon) Set the icon that is displayed in internal frames.

Methods inherited from interface diva.gui.AppContext

getExitAction, getIconImage, getJMenuBar, getTitle, isVisible, makeComponent, setExitAction, setIconImage, setJMenuBar, setSize, setTitle, setVisible, showStatus

Methods inherited from interface javax.swing.RootPaneContainer

getContentPane, getGlassPane, getLayeredPane, getRootPane, setContentPane, setGlassPane, setLayeredPane

Method Detail

addContentPane

void addContentPane(String title,
                    JComponent pane)

Add a new content pane to this frame. Generally, a client should call setCurrentPane() after calling this method.

addViewListener

void addViewListener(ViewListener listener)

Add a view listener to this frame. These listeners will be notified when views are modified. Generally, an application will add itself to this listener list, as it is an easy way of getting notification about operations on the content panes.

getCurrentContentPane

JComponent getCurrentContentPane()

Get the content pane that is displayed as the current content pane.

getFrameIcon

Icon getFrameIcon()

Get the icon that is displayed in internal frames.

removeContentPane

void removeContentPane(JComponent pane)

Remove the given content pane from the display and close.

removeViewListener

void removeViewListener(ViewListener listener)

Remove a view listener from this frame.

setCurrentContentPane

void setCurrentContentPane(JComponent pane)

Set the given content pane to be displayed as the current content pane.

setFrameIcon

void setFrameIcon(Icon icon)

Set the icon that is displayed in internal frames.