001 /* 002 * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 by Holger Arndt 003 * 004 * This file is part of the Universal Java Matrix Package (UJMP). 005 * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional 006 * information regarding copyright ownership and licensing. 007 * 008 * UJMP is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 009 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 010 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 011 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 012 * 013 * UJMP is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 014 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 015 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 016 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 017 * 018 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 019 * License along with UJMP; if not, write to the 020 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, 021 * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 022 */ 023 024 package org.ujmp.core.interfaces; 025 026 import java.io.Serializable; 027 028 import javax.swing.Icon; 029 import javax.swing.JFrame; 030 import javax.swing.JPanel; 031 032 /** 033 * A GUIObject is an object that can be displayed in a Frame. This interface is 034 * needed to indicate that an object can be displayed when the package 035 * org.ujmp.gui is available. In org.ujmp.matrix is also known that such an 036 * object exists, but not what methods it provides. The object will be created 037 * using the Reflection Api. 038 * 039 * @author Holger Arndt 040 * 041 */ 042 public interface GUIObject extends Serializable, Cloneable, Clearable, HasLabel, HasDescription, 043 HasToolTip { 044 045 /** 046 * Indicates that changed in the object have been made, that should be 047 * updated on the screen. 048 */ 049 public void fireValueChanged(); 050 051 public JFrame showGUI(); 052 053 public Icon getIcon(); 054 055 public int getModCount(); 056 057 /** 058 * This method will return a JFrame for this object. 059 */ 060 public JFrame getFrame(); 061 062 /** 063 * This method will return a JPanel for this object. 064 */ 065 public JPanel getPanel(); 066 067 public CoreObject getCoreObject(); 068 069 }