uk.ac.kcl.cch.jb.pliny.containmentView.model
Class IncludedTypeManager

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.kcl.cch.rdb2java.dynData.PropertyChangeObject
      uk.ac.kcl.cch.jb.pliny.containmentView.model.IncludedTypeManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener, IPropertyChangeObject, PropertyChangeListener

public class IncludedTypeManager

extends PropertyChangeObject

implements PropertyChangeListener

an object from this class manages information about which links of which LOType should be included or excluded from the Containment View.

This object interacts with an Eclipse preference set so that user setting of what's in and what's out can be preserved between Pliny sessions.

Author:

John Bradley

Field Summary

static String

CHANGE_TYPE_PROPERTY

Constructor Summary

IncludedTypeManager()
creates an instance of this manager.

IncludedTypeManager(org.eclipse.core.runtime.Preferences prefs)
creates an instance of this manager.

Method Summary

void	dispose()
void	excludeType(LOType theType) instructs this manager to mark that the given Type is to be marked as 'to be excluded' by this manager.
void	includeType(LOType theType) instructs this manager to mark that the given Type is to be marked as 'to be included' by this manager.
boolean	isIncluded(LOType theType) is the given Type marked as 'to be included' by this manager?
void	propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent arg0) This class tracks the deletion of LOTypes from the Pliny system, so that any information it holds about the deleted item can be removed from its store.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.kcl.cch.rdb2java.dynData.PropertyChangeObject

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CHANGE_TYPE_PROPERTY

public static final String CHANGE_TYPE_PROPERTY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

IncludedTypeManager

public IncludedTypeManager()

creates an instance of this manager. A beginning list of LOTypes (by their ALID) that should be excluded is fetched from PlinyPlugin's preference set, and used to create an initial list of what's in and what's out. Subsequent changes will then be stored back to this preference set as well.

IncludedTypeManager

public IncludedTypeManager(org.eclipse.core.runtime.Preferences prefs)

creates an instance of this manager. A beginning list of LOTypes (by their ALID) that should be excluded is fetched from the given preference set, and used to create an initial list of what's in and what's out. Subsequent changes will then be stored back to this preference set as well.

Parameters:

prefs - Preferences the set of preferences in which information about what's in and what's out shold be stored

Method Detail

dispose

public void dispose()

isIncluded

public boolean isIncluded(LOType theType)

is the given Type marked as 'to be included' by this manager?

Parameters:

theType -

Returns:

boolean if true, include data from this type.

includeType

public void includeType(LOType theType)

instructs this manager to mark that the given Type is to be marked as 'to be included' by this manager.

Parameters:

theType - LOType type that should be included.

excludeType

public void excludeType(LOType theType)

instructs this manager to mark that the given Type is to be marked as 'to be excluded' by this manager.

Parameters:

theType - LOType type that should be excluded.

propertyChange

public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent arg0)

This class tracks the deletion of LOTypes from the Pliny system, so that any information it holds about the deleted item can be removed from its store.

Specified by:

propertyChange in interface PropertyChangeListener