oracle.ide.explorer
Class Explorer

java.lang.Object
  oracle.ide.view.View
      oracle.ide.explorer.Explorer

All Implemented Interfaces:

ControllerProvider, Helpable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AssistantExplorer, TreeExplorer, UIEditorCanvas

public abstract class Explorer

extends View

The Explorer class provides the API for getting a GUI representation of the structure for a given Context. Explorers are used to present to the user some structure associated with the Node held in a specific Context.

Field Summary

static int	CLOSED
protected Node	defaultNode
protected Project	defaultProject
protected Workspace	defaultWorkspace
static int	HIDDEN
static int	SHOWN

Fields inherited from class oracle.ide.view.View

EMPTY_SELECTION, PROJECT_PROP, VISIBLE_PROP, WORKSPACE_PROP

Constructor Summary

Explorer()

Method Summary

ContextMenu	getContextMenu() Gets the ContextMenu object, if any, managed by this instance.
Controller	getController() Get the Controller for this View.
java.lang.String	getTitle() Get the caption to use in the title bar of a hosting View.
void	setContext(Context context) (Re)initialize the contents of the gui.
void	setOwner(View host) Set the View which is to act as the host of this Explorer.
void	stateChanged(int state) Respond to a change of state between SHOWN, HIDDEN or CLOSED.

Methods inherited from class oracle.ide.view.View

activate, addViewListener, addViewSelectionListener, close, deactivate, fireViewClosed, fireViewSelectionChanged, getContext, getContext, getGUI, getHelpInfo, getId, getSelection, getSelectionFromUI, getToolbar, isVisible, loadManifestToolbar, loadManifestToolbar, newId, owner, removeViewListener, removeViewSelectionListener, scheduleUpdateSelection, setId, setToolbarVisible, show, updateSelection, updateSelectionImpl, updateTitle, updateToolbarActions, updateVisibleActions, updateVisibleActions

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SHOWN

public static final int SHOWN

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Constant Field Values

HIDDEN

public static final int HIDDEN

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Constant Field Values

CLOSED

public static final int CLOSED

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Constant Field Values

defaultWorkspace

protected Workspace defaultWorkspace

defaultProject

protected Project defaultProject

defaultNode

protected Node defaultNode

Constructor Detail

Explorer

public Explorer()

Method Detail

getController

public Controller getController()

Get the Controller for this View. By default the result of ExplorerManager.getExplorerManager() is returned.

Specified by:

getController in interface ControllerProvider

Overrides:

getController in class View

Returns:

the Controller associated with this view.

setOwner

public void setOwner(View host)

Set the View which is to act as the host of this Explorer.

Overrides:

setOwner in class View

Parameters:

host - the View which is acting as the host.

setContext

public void setContext(Context context)

(Re)initialize the contents of the gui.

Parameters:

context - the Context to use as initialization data.

stateChanged

public void stateChanged(int state)

Respond to a change of state between SHOWN, HIDDEN or CLOSED.

Parameters:

state - the new state.

getTitle

public java.lang.String getTitle()

Get the caption to use in the title bar of a hosting View. This would typically be the short descripton of the Node being edited as found in the Context.getNode().getShortLabel().

Returns:

the caption to use in the title bar of a hosting View.

getContextMenu

public ContextMenu getContextMenu()

Description copied from class: View

Gets the ContextMenu object, if any, managed by this instance.

Overrides:

getContextMenu in class View

Returns:

the ContextMenu, if any.