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: 18195 $

Author:

Andreas Poth

Method Summary

GUIArea	getCenter()
String	getController()
GUIArea	getEast()
GUIArea	getNorth()
GUIArea	getSouth()
GUIArea	getWest()
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.

getWest

GUIArea getWest()

Returns:

the description of the west GUI area

getEast

GUIArea getEast()

Returns:

the description of the east GUI area

getSouth

GUIArea getSouth()

Returns:

the description of the south GUI area

getNorth

GUIArea getNorth()

Returns:

the description of the north GUI area

getCenter

GUIArea getCenter()

Returns:

the description of the central GUI area

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 -