org.jmacs
Interface IControlsGui

public interface IControlsGui

control panel GUI, for controlling a given device. Implementations should also implement IResultHandler if they submit commands and wish to access their results. A public constructor is required, optionally taking an argument of type Object, corr'ding to the constants passed to the ISpi.newDiClient method invoked when deploying the device.

Version:

$Id: IControlsGui.java 641 2006-07-04 16:14:08Z rob $

Author:

Rob Dickens

Nested Class Summary

static interface

IControlsGui.IContext passed to IControlGuis, allowing them to submit commands.

Method Summary

void	actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae, IControlsGui.IContext context) invoked by listener set by setActionListener.
JComponent	getComponent() returns the root JComponent of the GUI.
IControlsGui[]	setActionListener(ActionListener listener) called once, first.

Method Detail

setActionListener

IControlsGui[] setActionListener(ActionListener listener)

called once, first.

Parameters:

listener - invokes actionPerformed

Returns:

any nested instances, or else null. These will then be assigned their own ActionListeners.

getComponent

JComponent getComponent()

returns the root JComponent of the GUI. Might be called more than once.

actionPerformed

void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae,
                     IControlsGui.IContext context)
                     throws Throwable

invoked by listener set by setActionListener.

Parameters:

context - use to submit commands

Throws:

Throwable - This will be caught, and the user notified.