fi.hut.tml.xsmiles.mlfc.xforms.adaptive
Interface Control

All Superinterfaces:

FormControl, TypedElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractControl

public interface Control

extends TypedElement

An adaptive control is a datatype aware control that uses the datamapper functionality to map between schema and display values

Method Summary

void	addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener listener) add a listener for actions in the component
void	addChangeListener(XChangeListener listener) add a listener for changes in the component
void	destroy() close up, free all memory (yet, do not do visible changes, such as setVisible since this will slow things up
XComponent	getComponent() returns the abstract component for this control.
Data	getValue() get the components current value
void	rewiringAboutToHappen() This notifies the text control to save its value before rewiring
void	updateDisplay() this function is used to notify the control to update its display according to the content of Data

Methods inherited from interface fi.hut.tml.xsmiles.mlfc.xforms.dominterface.TypedElement

getData, getDataType, isInputControl, setData

Methods inherited from interface fi.hut.tml.xsmiles.mlfc.xforms.dominterface.FormControl

isWritable

Method Detail

getComponent

public XComponent getComponent()

returns the abstract component for this control. The abstract component can be used e.g. to style the component but all listeners should be added to the AdaptiveControl and not directly to the XComponent

addChangeListener

public void addChangeListener(XChangeListener listener)

add a listener for changes in the component

addActionListener

public void addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener listener)

add a listener for actions in the component

getValue

public Data getValue()

get the components current value

updateDisplay

public void updateDisplay()

this function is used to notify the control to update its display according to the content of Data

rewiringAboutToHappen

public void rewiringAboutToHappen()

This notifies the text control to save its value before rewiring

destroy

public void destroy()

close up, free all memory (yet, do not do visible changes, such as setVisible since this will slow things up