uk.ac.kcl.cch.jb.pliny.parts
Interface IButtonHolderPart

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.gef.EditPart, org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart, org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LinkableObjectPart

public interface IButtonHolderPart

extends org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart

identifes that this GEF edit part displays buttons that manage the switching between open(expanded) and minimized display, and between displaying the map/reference area and the content area.

Author:

John Bradley

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.gef.EditPart

SELECTED, SELECTED_NONE, SELECTED_PRIMARY

Method Summary

BaseObject	getHeldObject() returns the BaseObject object that is the model for this editPart.
boolean	getMapStatus() returns the current reference/content display status of the edit part.
void	openFullEditor() requests the opening of the full editor for the surrogate of the LinkableOject associated with this GEF editpart.
void	switchMapStatus() toggles reference/content display status of the edit part.
void	switchOpenStatus() toggles open/mininized status of the edit part.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart

addNodeListener, getContentPane, getFigure, getSourceConnections, getTargetConnections, removeNodeListener, setLayoutConstraint

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.gef.EditPart

activate, addEditPartListener, addNotify, deactivate, eraseSourceFeedback, eraseTargetFeedback, getChildren, getCommand, getDragTracker, getEditPolicy, getModel, getParent, getRoot, getSelected, getTargetEditPart, getViewer, hasFocus, installEditPolicy, isActive, isSelectable, performRequest, refresh, removeEditPartListener, removeEditPolicy, removeNotify, setFocus, setModel, setParent, setSelected, showSourceFeedback, showTargetFeedback, understandsRequest

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

getAdapter

Method Detail

switchOpenStatus

public void switchOpenStatus()

toggles open/mininized status of the edit part.

openFullEditor

public void openFullEditor()

requests the opening of the full editor for the surrogate of the LinkableOject associated with this GEF editpart.

switchMapStatus

public void switchMapStatus()

toggles reference/content display status of the edit part.

getMapStatus

public boolean getMapStatus()

returns the current reference/content display status of the edit part.

Returns:

true if reference (map) display is currently set.

getHeldObject

public BaseObject getHeldObject()

returns the BaseObject object that is the model for this editPart.

Returns:

BaseObject