edu.washington.cs.supple.rep
Interface UiAction

All Superinterfaces:

ConstraintManipulation, java.util.EventListener, java.beans.PropertyChangeListener, SuppleBean, SuppleUiObjectHierarchyElement, UiObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

UiActionImpl

public interface UiAction

extends UiObject

Author:

kgajos

Method Summary

void	bindAction(SuppleAction action) Rebind the (application defined) action backing this UiAction.
UiObject	execute() This method is called when the user presses a button on the UI to execute this action
UiObject	getResultUi() Get an example of the ui (if any) that would result from executing this action.

Methods inherited from interface edu.washington.cs.supple.rep.UiObject

accept, childChanged, equals, getInterfaceIdentifier, getTextLabel, getType, getUniqueId, getView, hashCode, hasTextLabel, isActive, isLeaf, isModifiable, isRuntime, setActive, setRuntime, setView, toPrettyString, toString

Methods inherited from interface edu.washington.cs.supple.rep.SuppleUiObjectHierarchyElement

getAncestors, getFullName, getName, getParent, getParentObject, getRootObject, isChildOf, isDescendantOf, isRoot, setName, setParent

Methods inherited from interface edu.washington.cs.supple.rep.SuppleBean

addPropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from interface java.beans.PropertyChangeListener

propertyChange

Methods inherited from interface edu.washington.cs.supple.rep.ConstraintManipulation

addRenderingConstraint, addRenderingHint, getRenderingConstraints, getRenderingHints

Method Detail

execute

public UiObject execute()

This method is called when the user presses a button on the UI to execute this action

Returns:

Returns a UiObject to be displayed in response to executing this action

getResultUi

public UiObject getResultUi()

Get an example of the ui (if any) that would result from executing this action. NOTE: the semantics here are not well defined.

Returns:

bindAction

public void bindAction(SuppleAction action)

Rebind the (application defined) action backing this UiAction.

Parameters:

action -