Package weka.gui

Interface GUIApplication

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractGUIApplication, KnowledgeFlowApp, WorkbenchApp
public interface GUIApplication
Interface to a GUIApplication that can have multiple "perspectives" and provide application-level and perspective-level settings. Implementations would typically extend AbstractGUIApplication.
Version:
$Revision: $
Author:
Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)

  • Method Details

    • getApplicationName

      String getApplicationName()
      Get the name of this application
      Returns:
      the name of this application

    • getApplicationID

      String getApplicationID()
      Get the ID of this application - any string unique to this application can be used
      Returns:
      the ID of this application

    • getPerspectiveManager

      PerspectiveManager getPerspectiveManager()
      Get the PerspectiveManager in use by this application
      Returns:
      the Perspective Manager

    • getMainPerspective

      Perspective getMainPerspective()
      Get the main Perspective of this application - i.e. this is the panel, tab, screen etc. that is visible first at start-up.
      Returns:
      the main perspective

    • isPerspectivesToolBarVisible

      boolean isPerspectivesToolBarVisible()
      Returns true if the perspectives toolbar is visible at the current time
      Returns:
      true if the perspectives toolbar is visible

    • hidePerspectivesToolBar

      void hidePerspectivesToolBar()
      Hide the perspectives toolbar

    • showPerspectivesToolBar

      void showPerspectivesToolBar()
      Show the perspectives toolbar

    • showErrorDialog

      void showErrorDialog(Exception cause)
      Popup a dialog displaying the supplied Exception
      Parameters:
      cause - the exception to show

    • showInfoDialog

      void showInfoDialog(Object information, String title, boolean isWarning)
      Popup an information dialog
      Parameters:
      information - the "information" (typically some text) to display
      title - the title for the dialog
      isWarning - true if this is a warning rather than just information

    • getApplicationDefaults

      Defaults getApplicationDefaults()
      Get the default values of settings for this application
      Returns:
      the default values of the settings for this applications

    • getApplicationSettings

      Settings getApplicationSettings()
      Get the current settings for this application
      Returns:
      the current settings for this application

    • settingsChanged

      void settingsChanged()
      Called when settings are changed by the user

    • revalidate

      void revalidate()
      Force a re-validation and repaint() of the application

    • showMenuBar

      void showMenuBar(JFrame topLevelAncestor)
      Show the menu bar for the application
      Parameters:
      topLevelAncestor - the JFrame that contains the application