org.deegree.portal.context
Interface Frontend

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFrontend, JSPFrontend

public interface Frontend

this interface the description the access to the front end elements of a GUI setting up on a web map context. this is a deegree specific form of description. beside the name of the central controlling element an implementing class enables access to fife areas the GUI is splitted in.

Version:

$Revision: 6259 $

Author:

Andreas Poth

Method Summary

GUIArea	getCenter() returns the description of the central GUI area
String	getController() returns the name of the central controller of the front end. depending on the implementation this may be the name of a HTML/JSP-page a java class or something else.
GUIArea	getEast() returns the description of the east GUI area
GUIArea	getNorth() returns the description of the north GUI area
GUIArea	getSouth() returns the description of the south GUI area
GUIArea	getWest() returns the description of the west GUI area
void	setCenter(GUIArea center) sets the description of the central GUI area
void	setController(String controller) sets the name of the central controller of the front end. depending on the implementation this may be the name of a HTML/JSP-page a java class or something else.
void	setEast(GUIArea east) sets the description of the east GUI area
void	setNorth(GUIArea north) sets the description of the north GUI area
void	setSouth(GUIArea south) sets the description of the south GUI area
void	setWest(GUIArea west) sets the description of the west GUI area

Method Detail

getController

String getController()

returns the name of the central controller of the front end. depending on the implementation this may be the name of a HTML/JSP-page a java class or something else.

Returns:

getWest

GUIArea getWest()

returns the description of the west GUI area

Returns:

getEast

GUIArea getEast()

returns the description of the east GUI area

Returns:

getSouth

GUIArea getSouth()

returns the description of the south GUI area

Returns:

getNorth

GUIArea getNorth()

returns the description of the north GUI area

Returns:

getCenter

GUIArea getCenter()

returns the description of the central GUI area

Returns:

setController

void setController(String controller)

sets the name of the central controller of the front end. depending on the implementation this may be the name of a HTML/JSP-page a java class or something else.

Parameters:

controller -

setWest

void setWest(GUIArea west)

sets the description of the west GUI area

Parameters:

west -

setEast

void setEast(GUIArea east)

sets the description of the east GUI area

Parameters:

east -

setSouth

void setSouth(GUIArea south)

sets the description of the south GUI area

Parameters:

south -

setNorth

void setNorth(GUIArea north)

sets the description of the north GUI area

Parameters:

north -

setCenter

void setCenter(GUIArea center)

sets the description of the central GUI area

Parameters:

center -