uk.ac.starlink.topcat.interop

Interface Transmitter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DisabledTransmitter, TableSendActionManager

public interface Transmitter

Interface for an action which notionally sends some information from this application to one or more other applications.

Since:

4 Sep 2008

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JMenu	createSendMenu() Returns a per-application menu which allows sending the information to any single one of the appropriate recipients.
Action	getBroadcastAction() Returns an action which sends the information to all appropriate recipients.
void	setEnabled(boolean isEnabled) Sets whether the send actions controlled by this transmitter should be enabled or not.

Method Detail

getBroadcastAction

Action getBroadcastAction()

Returns an action which sends the information to all appropriate recipients.

Returns:

broadcast action

createSendMenu

JMenu createSendMenu()

Returns a per-application menu which allows sending the information to any single one of the appropriate recipients.

Returns:

send menu

setEnabled

void setEnabled(boolean isEnabled)

Sets whether the send actions controlled by this transmitter should be enabled or not. This is an AND-like restriction - the actions may still be disabled for other reasons (e.g. no hub connection).

Parameters:

isEnabled - true iff actions may be invoked