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Interface RenderingHint

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRenderingHint

public interface RenderingHint

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 hint
void	addUiObjects(java.util.Collection objects) Addes several ui objects at once
int	getStrength() Indicates how strong this hint is
java.util.Vector	getUiObjects()
float	getWidgetFit(java.util.Vector widgetBags, Widget widget) Indicates how well a widget complies with the hint.

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 hint

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 hint was originally applied to

getWidgetFit

public float getWidgetFit(java.util.Vector widgetBags,
                          Widget widget)

Indicates how well a widget complies with the hint.

Parameters:

widgetBags - all widget bags which a part of this hint

widget -

Returns:

a float between 0.0 (no match) and 1.0 (perfect match)

getStrength

public int getStrength()

Indicates how strong this hint is

Returns:

an integer between 1 (weakest) and 10 (strongest)