com.tensegrity.gui.component
Interface ToolBar

All Superinterfaces:

BasicComponent, Evaluable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SwingToolBar, SwtToolBar

public interface ToolBar

extends BasicComponent

The interface for a toolbar as used in applications to give users a shortcut to commands.

Version:

$Id: ToolBar.java,v 1.5 2004/03/12 16:33:59 GillesIachelini Exp $

Author:

GillesIachelini

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() A toolbar should provide a human readable name.
int	indexOf(java.lang.String id) Returns the index of a component associated with a the given id.
void	updateStatus() This method is used to keep the state of the toolbar up-to-date.

Methods inherited from interface com.tensegrity.gui.component.BasicComponent

getHeight, getParentComponent, getWidth, repaint

Methods inherited from interface com.tensegrity.gui.Evaluable

applyEvList, installEvList

Method Detail

updateStatus

public void updateStatus()

This method is used to keep the state of the toolbar up-to-date.

indexOf

public int indexOf(java.lang.String id)

Returns the index of a component associated with a the given id. The component of a toolbar are usually not directly associated to such an id, rather their internal Command instance.

Parameters:

id - the id of command.

Returns:

the index of the component or -1 if no such component was found.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

A toolbar should provide a human readable name. That allows to identify such a toolbar in a Toolbar menu or allows to give the enclosing frame a title, when such a bar is dragged out of its container.

Returns:

the name of the a toolbar.