Control (Starjava TOPCAT API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

LayerControl

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicCoordLayerControl, ConfigControl, DatalessLayerControl, FormControl, FormLayerControl, FrameControl, FunctionLayerControl, HealpixLayerControl, LegendControl, ModeFormControl, MultiFormLayerControl, ShaderControl, SimpleFormControl, SingleFormLayerControl, SpectrogramLayerControl, StiltsControl, TabberControl
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public interface Control
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User interaction component that can appear in a ControlStack. A control has a compact representation given by its label and icon, and also a panel which has its actual GUI content.

Since:

13 Mar 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener listener)`	Adds a listener to be notified whenever the state of this control changes, presumably as a result of user interaction.
`javax.swing.Icon`	`getControlIcon()`	Returns an icon to represent this control, visible in the stack.
`java.lang.String`	`getControlLabel()`	Returns a short string to label this control, visible in the stack.
`javax.swing.JComponent`	`getPanel()`	Returns the GUI component that is the business end of this control.
`void`	`removeActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener listener)`	Removes a listener which was previously added.

- Method Detail
  - getPanel
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javax.swing.JComponent getPanel()
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    Returns the GUI component that is the business end of this control. It will typically contain components for user interaction.
    
    Returns:
    
    this controls graphical component
  - getControlLabel
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java.lang.String getControlLabel()
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    Returns a short string to label this control, visible in the stack.
    
    Returns:
    
    label
  - getControlIcon
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javax.swing.Icon getControlIcon()
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    Returns an icon to represent this control, visible in the stack.
    
    Returns:
    
    icon
  - addActionListener
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void addActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener listener)
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    Adds a listener to be notified whenever the state of this control changes, presumably as a result of user interaction.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - listener to add
  - removeActionListener
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void removeActionListener(java.awt.event.ActionListener listener)
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    Removes a listener which was previously added.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - to remove