edu.stanford.smi.protege.widget
Interface TabWidget

All Superinterfaces:

Disposable, Plugin, Selectable, Widget

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTabWidget, ClsesAndInstancesTab, ClsesTab, FormsTab, InstancesTab, KAToolTab, ProtegePropertiesTab, SlotsTab, UglyTabWidget

public interface TabWidget
extends Widget

Basic interface for all tab widgets.

Author:

Ray Fergerson

Method Summary

boolean	canClose() Called when the user attempts to close a project.
boolean	canSave() Called when the user attempts to save a project.
void	close() Called when the user attempts to close a project and all tabs return 'true' from their #canClose() methods.
Icon	getIcon()
Collection	getSelectedInstances()
String	getShortDescription()
void	save() Called when the user attempts to save a project and all tabs return 'true' from their #canSave() methods.
void	setup(WidgetDescriptor descriptor, Project project)
void	synchronizeClsTree(Collection clsPath)
void	synchronizeToInstances(Collection instances)

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.widget.Widget

configure, getDescriptor, getKnowledgeBase, getLabel, getProject, initialize, setLabel

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.util.Selectable

addSelectionListener, clearSelection, getSelection, notifySelectionListeners, removeSelectionListener

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.plugin.Plugin

getName

Methods inherited from interface edu.stanford.smi.protege.util.Disposable

dispose

Method Detail

canClose

boolean canClose()

Called when the user attempts to close a project. Return 'true' you tab is in such a state that a close is possible. If for some reason you must prevent a close then you must pop up a dialog letting the user know why the close is not allowed. You should then return 'false'. Most tabs will always return true.

canSave

boolean canSave()

Called when the user attempts to save a project. Return 'true' you tab is in such a state that a save is possible. If for some reason you must prevent a save then you must pop up a dialog letting the user know why the save is not allowed. You should then return 'false'. Most tabs will always return true.

close

void close()

Called when the user attempts to close a project and all tabs return 'true' from their #canClose() methods. Do any tab specific close operations in this method. Most tabs will do nothing.

getIcon

Icon getIcon()

getShortDescription

String getShortDescription()

save

void save()

Called when the user attempts to save a project and all tabs return 'true' from their #canSave() methods. Do any tab specific save operations in this method. Most tabs will do nothing.

setup

void setup(WidgetDescriptor descriptor,
           Project project)

synchronizeClsTree

void synchronizeClsTree(Collection clsPath)

synchronizeToInstances

void synchronizeToInstances(Collection instances)

getSelectedInstances

Collection getSelectedInstances()