ActivationType (Starjava TOPCAT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

BrowserActivationType, CutoutActivationType, DelayActivationType, DownloadActivationType, GenericViewImageActivationType, InvokeDatalinkActivationType, JelActivationType, LoadTableActivationType, NopActivationType, PlotTableActivationType, RegionViewImageActivationType, SendHips2fitsActivationType, SendImageActivationType, SendIndexActivationType, SendSkyPosActivationType, SendSpectrumActivationType, SendTableActivationType, ServiceActivationType, ShellActivationType, TopcatSkyPosActivationType, ViewDatalinkActivationType, ViewHips2fitsActivationType, ViewImageActivationType
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public interface ActivationType
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Defines a type of activation action that can be invoked on table rows. An instance of this class documents its general behaviour, and can produce a GUI component that acts as a factory for Activator instances.

Since:

23 Jan 2018

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ActivatorConfigurator`	`createConfigurator(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)`	Returns a component that can be used to configure activators of this type.
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	Description of this activation type.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Name of this activation type.
`Suitability`	`getSuitability(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)`	Indicates the applicability of this activation type to a given table.

- Method Detail
  - getName
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java.lang.String getName()
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    Name of this activation type.
    
    Returns:
    
    type name
  - getDescription
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java.lang.String getDescription()
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    Description of this activation type.
    
    Returns:
    
    type description
  - createConfigurator
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ActivatorConfigurator createConfigurator(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)
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    Returns a component that can be used to configure activators of this type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tinfo - information about topcat model for which the activation will take place
    
    Returns:
    
    new configurator to produce compatible Activators
  - getSuitability
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Suitability getSuitability(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)
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    Indicates the applicability of this activation type to a given table.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tinfo - information about topcat model
    
    Returns:
    
    suitability code