Application: gvSIG desktop

/* gvSIG. Sistema de Informaci?n Geogr?fica de la Generalitat Valenciana

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 IVER T.I. and Generalitat Valenciana.

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,USA.

 *

 * For more information, contact:

 *

 *  Generalitat Valenciana

 *   Conselleria d'Infraestructures i Transport

 *   Av. Blasco Ib??ez, 50

 *   46010 VALENCIA

 *   SPAIN

 *

 *      +34 963862235

 *   gvsig@gva.es

 *      www.gvsig.gva.es

 *

 *    or

 *

 *   IVER T.I. S.A

 *   Salamanca 50

 *   46005 Valencia

 *   Spain

 *

 *   +34 963163400

 *   dac@iver.es

 */

package com.iver.andami.ui.mdiFrame;

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JComponent;

import javax.swing.JMenuBar;

import org.gvsig.gui.beans.controls.IControl;

import com.iver.andami.plugins.PluginClassLoader;

import com.iver.andami.plugins.config.generate.Label;

import com.iver.andami.plugins.config.generate.Menu;

/**

 * This interface represents the main application's window. It allow to access

 * the menus, the tool bars and the status bar. 

 */

public interface MainFrame {

        /**

         * Adds the provided menu to the menu bar.

         *

         * @param menu A Menu object containing the menu definition

         * @param listener Object which receives the menu events

         * @param loader ClassLoader of the plug-in that installs this menu

         */

        public void addMenu(Menu menu, ActionListener listener,

                PluginClassLoader loader);

        /**

         * Changes the menu name, and thus also its location, as the name determines

         * the location of the menu. 

         *

         * @param menu An array of Strings which represents the full menu path,

         * for example, {"Vista", "export", "imagen"} is a reference to the menu

         * "Vista/export/imagen" (that is, the menu Image within the submenu

         * View-Export). Menu names are translation keys, "Vista", "export", etc will

         * be translated to the suitable language when they are displayed.

         * @param newName New menu's name, in the syntax "Vista/export/symbols". Each

         * part of the name is a translation key.

         * @param loader ClassLoader of the plug-in that added the menu

         *

         * @throws NoSuchMenuException If there is no menu matching the provided

         * menu path

         */

        public void changeMenuName(String[] menu, String newName,

                PluginClassLoader loader) throws NoSuchMenuException;

        /**

         * Deletes the provided menu, if found.

         *

         * @param menu The menu to delete from the menu bar

         */

        public void removeMenu(Menu menu);

        /**

         * It checks whether each extension is enabled and visible, in order to

         * enable/disable and show/hide their associated controls.

         */

        public void enableControls();

        /**

         * Gets the status bar, the bar located in the bottom part of the main window.

         * It can be used to show messages, show progress bars, or change the status.

         *

         * @return The main application's status bar.

         */

        public NewStatusBar getStatusBar();

        /**

         * Sets the main window title.

         *

         * @param titulo The title to be set in the main window

         */

        public void setTitle(String titulo);

    /**

     * Gets a previously added JComponent by name (including

     * tool bars, buttons from tool bars, status bar controls

     * and menus. For example

     * you can use it if you need to obtain an status bar

     * control or a JToolBar to

     * add some customized component

     * @param name

     * @return the JComponent or null if none has been found

     */

    public JComponent getComponentByName(String name);

    /**

     * Sets the tool associated to the provided actionComand

     * as the selected tool for the currently selected Andami window.

     */

    public void setSelectedTool(String actionCommand);

    /**

     * Gets the menu bar. Useful to work directly with menus

     * 

         * @return the internal menu bar. Useful to work directly with menus

         */

        public JMenuBar getJMenuBar();

        /**

         * Sets the provided label-set as the labels associated with the provided

         * class. The labels will be visible in the status bar if the

         * currently selected Andami window is an instance of the provided

         * class.

         * 

         * @param clase The class which will be associated to the label-set. The

         * labels will be visible if the currently selected Andami window is an

         * instance of this class.

         * 

         * @param label An array of Labels. Each label has an ID which will be

         * used to write text on them.

         */

        public void setStatusBarLabels(Class clase, Label[] label);

        /**

         * Removes the labels associated with the provided class.

         * 

         * @param clase The class whose associated labels are to be removed.

         */

        public void removeStatusBarLabels(Class clase);

        /**

         * Adds a control to the status bar and associate it with the

         * provided extension. The control will be enabled and visible

         * when the extension is enabled and visible.

         * 

         * @param extensionClass Extension which will determine whether the

         * control is enabled and visible.

         * @param control The control to add.

         */

        public void addStatusBarControl(Class extensionClass, IControl control);

}