bibliothek.gui.dock.common

Interface MultipleCDockableLayout

public interface MultipleCDockableLayout

An intermediate representation of the layout of a MultipleCDockable. This layout should not have any references to the MultipleCDockable it describes.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	readStream(DataInputStream in) Reads the content of this layout from out.
void	readXML(XElement element) Reads the content of this layout from element.
void	writeStream(DataOutputStream out) Writes the content of this layout into out.
void	writeXML(XElement element) Writes the content of this layout into element.

Method Detail

writeStream

void writeStream(DataOutputStream out)
          throws IOException

Writes the content of this layout into out.

Parameters:

out - the stream to write into

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

readStream

void readStream(DataInputStream in)
         throws IOException

Reads the content of this layout from out. All properties should be set to their default value or to the value read from the stream.

Parameters:

in - the stream to read

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O-error occurs

writeXML

void writeXML(XElement element)

Writes the content of this layout into element.

Parameters:

element - the xml element into which this method can write, the attributes of element should not be changed

readXML

void readXML(XElement element)

Reads the content of this layout from element. All properties should be set to their default value or to the value read from element. This method can assume that the xml-element was written by another layout of the same type, and that no attributes or elements have been deleted or altered by DockingFrames itself.

Parameters:

element - the element to read