uk.ac.starlink.topcat.activate

Interface ActivationType

All Known Implementing Classes:

BrowserActivationType, CutoutActivationType, DelayActivationType, DownloadActivationType, GenericViewImageActivationType, InvokeDatalinkActivationType, JelActivationType, LoadTableActivationType, NopActivationType, PlotTableActivationType, RegionViewImageActivationType, SendCustomActivationType, SendHips2fitsActivationType, SendImageActivationType, SendIndexActivationType, SendSkyPosActivationType, SendSpectrumActivationType, SendTableActivationType, ServiceActivationType, ShellActivationType, TopcatSkyPosActivationType, ViewDatalinkActivationType, ViewHips2fitsActivationType, ViewImageActivationType

public interface ActivationType

Defines a type of activation action that can be invoked on table rows. An instance of this class documents its general behaviour, and can produce a GUI component that acts as a factory for Activator instances.

Since:

23 Jan 2018

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ActivatorConfigurator	createConfigurator(TopcatModelInfo tinfo) Returns a component that can be used to configure activators of this type.
String	getDescription() Description of this activation type.
String	getName() Name of this activation type.
Suitability	getSuitability(TopcatModelInfo tinfo) Indicates the applicability of this activation type to a given table.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Name of this activation type.

Returns:

type name

getDescription

String getDescription()

Description of this activation type.

Returns:

type description

createConfigurator

ActivatorConfigurator createConfigurator(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)

Returns a component that can be used to configure activators of this type.

Parameters:

tinfo - information about topcat model for which the activation will take place

Returns:

new configurator to produce compatible Activators

getSuitability

Suitability getSuitability(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)

Indicates the applicability of this activation type to a given table.

Parameters:

tinfo - information about topcat model

Returns:

suitability code