org.wandora.application.gui

Interface TopicSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

QueryPanel, SearchPanel, SelectTopicPanel, SimilarityPanel, TabbedTopicSelector, TMQLPanel, TopicListSelector, TopicsOfTypeSelector, TopicTreePanel

public interface TopicSelector

This is the interface for topic selectors. Topic selectors are used to select on or more topics from the topic map. Topics in Wandora may be selected in different ways. For example through a tree model or directly entering the subject identifier of a topic.

Author:

olli

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	cleanup()
java.awt.Component	getPanel() Returns the panel used to make selection.
Topic	getSelectedTopic() Returns the selected topic.
Topic[]	getSelectedTopics() Returns an array of selected topics.
java.lang.String	getSelectorName() Gets the name of the selector.
void	init()

Method Detail

getSelectedTopic

Topic getSelectedTopic()

Returns the selected topic. If no topic is selected returns null. If multiple topics are selected, returns one of the selected topics.

getSelectedTopics

Topic[] getSelectedTopics()

Returns an array of selected topics. If no topics are selected returns an array of 0 length;

getPanel

java.awt.Component getPanel()

Returns the panel used to make selection. Usually your class should extend javax.swing.JPanel (or equivalent) and then just return this.

getSelectorName

java.lang.String getSelectorName()

Gets the name of the selector.

init

void init()

cleanup

void cleanup()