uk.ac.kcl.cch.jb.pliny.views.utils
Interface IResourceTreeView

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable, org.eclipse.ui.IPersistable, org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart, org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart

All Known Implementing Classes:

NoteSearchView, ResourceExplorerView

public interface IResourceTreeView

extends org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart

all ViewParts that wish to implement a Resource Explorer like GUI should implement this interface. Note that it extends Eclipse's org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart.

Author:

John Bradley

See Also:

ResourceExplorerView, NoteSearchView

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart

PROP_TITLE

Method Summary

org.eclipse.gef.commands.CommandStack	getCommandStack() returns the view's CommandStack.
org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer	getMyViewer() return the main tree viewer that displays items in this View.
Vector	getSelectedObjectsToOpen() returns a Vector containing Pliny Model elements that are selected and ready to open in their own editors.
Vector	getSelectedResourceExplorerItems() returns a Vector containing instances of IResourceExplorerItems that are currently selected by the user.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart

getViewSite, init, init, saveState

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart

addPropertyListener, createPartControl, dispose, getSite, getTitle, getTitleImage, getTitleToolTip, removePropertyListener, setFocus

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

getAdapter

Method Detail

getMyViewer

public org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer getMyViewer()

return the main tree viewer that displays items in this View.

Returns:

the main TreeViewer.

getSelectedResourceExplorerItems

public Vector getSelectedResourceExplorerItems()

returns a Vector containing instances of IResourceExplorerItems that are currently selected by the user.

Returns:

a Vector of IResourceExplorerItems.

getSelectedObjectsToOpen

public Vector getSelectedObjectsToOpen()

returns a Vector containing Pliny Model elements that are selected and ready to open in their own editors. This code needs to contain special handling code to take care of the special needs of items under the 'DisplayedIn' category.

Returns:

Vector of Pliny Model elements

getCommandStack

public org.eclipse.gef.commands.CommandStack getCommandStack()

returns the view's CommandStack.

Returns:

CommandStack for the view.