org.ginsim.gui.guihelpers

Interface GUIHelper<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

InitialStatesGUIHelper, PerturbationGUIHelper, ReductionGUIHelper, SimulationParametersGUIHelper

public interface GUIHelper<T>

A GUIHelper provides a GUI for a given type of data. It will be used to add hooks allowing other to edit a specific type of data without knowing its GUI

Author:

Aurelien Naldi

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Component	getPanel(T o, StackDialog dialog) get a panel to edit this data
Component	getSelectionPanel(T o, StackDialog dialog) get a panel to select an item (for lists of elements)
boolean	supports(Object o) Test if this helper supports a given object

Method Detail

getPanel

Component getPanel(T o,
                   StackDialog dialog)

get a panel to edit this data

Returns:

a specialised component.

getSelectionPanel

Component getSelectionPanel(T o,
                            StackDialog dialog)

get a panel to select an item (for lists of elements)

Returns:

a specialised component.

supports

boolean supports(Object o)

Test if this helper supports a given object

Parameters:

o - the object to be tested

Returns:

true if this helper can edit this object, false otherwise