org.homeunix.thecave.moss.swing
Interface StandardContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

StandardWindow

All Known Implementing Classes:

AboutFrame, AccountEditorDialog, AccountTypeEditorDialog, AccountTypeListFrame, BackupManagerDialog, BiWeeklyCard, BuddiLanguageEditor, BudgetCategoryEditorDialog, CustomDateDialog, DailyCard, HiddenMossFrame, LanguageEditor, MainFrame, MonthlyByDateCard, MossAssociatedDocumentFrame, MossDialog, MossDocumentFrame, MossFrame, MossPanel, MossProgressDialog, MossStatusDialog, MultipleMonthsEachYearCard, MultipleWeeksEachMonthCard, MyAccountsPanel, MyBudgetPanel, MyReportsPanel, OneDayEveryMonthCard, PreferencesFrame, ScheduledTransactionEditorDialog, ScheduledTransactionListFrame, TransactionEditorPanel, TransactionFrame, WeekdayCard, WeeklyCard

public interface StandardContainer

Method Summary

void	clear() Override this to give your window the ability to reset to a known clear state.
void	init() The method to initialize the container.
void	updateButtons() The method to update buttons enabled / disabled state based on window state.
void	updateContent() The method to update components on screen when content changes.

Method Detail

init

void init()

The method to initialize the container. This should do at minimum the following: a) Create and add apropriate UI controls (buttons, panels, etc). This is generally done in the View level. b) Create and add actions to the UI controls. This is generally done at the Controller level. In short, init() should do everything required to make a fully function window, other than pack(), setVisible(true), and any positioning methods as required for a given window. init() MUST only be called once. You should not call it directly, unless you do not call openWindow().

updateContent

void updateContent()

The method to update components on screen when content changes. Essentially forces a complete redraw of the screen. This can potentially be a time consuming operation, so you should generally use this method sparingly. Do not put anything in updateContent which cannot be called repeatedly, such as code for loading data from disk, initializing listeners, etc. While this code is probably not to be called often, there is no guarantee that it will only be called once. Put code which can only be called once into init().

updateButtons

void updateButtons()

The method to update buttons enabled / disabled state based on window state. This method is generally called from updateContent() as part of that routine; it can also be called from action listeners for various controls. As this tends to be called frequently, keep it as small as possible.

clear

void clear()

Override this to give your window the ability to reset to a known clear state.