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Interface RenderingConstraint

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRenderingConstraint

public interface RenderingConstraint

extends java.io.Serializable

Author:

kgajos

Field Summary

static long

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

void	addUiObject(UiObject object) Adds a new object to be subject to the rendering constraint
void	addUiObjects(java.util.Collection objects) Addes several ui objects at once
RenderingConstraintEnforcer	getEnforcer() Returns the appropriate enforcer for a given type of constraint
java.util.Vector	getUiObjects()
boolean	isWidgetConsistent(java.util.Vector widgetBags, Widget widget) Indicates how well a widget complies with the constraint.

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

addUiObject

public void addUiObject(UiObject object)

Adds a new object to be subject to the rendering constraint

Parameters:

object - a UI object

addUiObjects

public void addUiObjects(java.util.Collection objects)

Addes several ui objects at once

Parameters:

objects - the ui objects to be added

getUiObjects

public java.util.Vector getUiObjects()

Returns:

the list of objects this constraint was applied to

isWidgetConsistent

public boolean isWidgetConsistent(java.util.Vector widgetBags,
                                  Widget widget)

Indicates how well a widget complies with the constraint.

Parameters:

widgetBags - all widget bags which a part of this hint

widget -

Returns:

true if the widget is consistent, false otherwise

getEnforcer

public RenderingConstraintEnforcer getEnforcer()

Returns the appropriate enforcer for a given type of constraint

Returns: