com.alveole.studio.web.data
Class LinksManager

java.lang.Object
  com.alveole.studio.web.data.LinksManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

LinkManager

public class LinksManager
extends java.lang.Object
implements LinkManager

This class is a default toolkit for managing links. This manager loads all plugins and is the main entry point for all plugins "LinkManager".

Author:

sylvain

Constructor Summary

LinksManager()

Method Summary

boolean	canLink(ProjectContext context, NodeContainer node1, NodeContainer node2) Check if a manager exists that can link these two nodes.
NodeLink	copyLink(ProjectContext context, NodeLink original, NodeContainer node1, NodeContainer node2) Perform a copy of a link.
void	createLink(ProjectContext context, NodeContainer node1, NodeContainer node2) Create a link.
void	deleteLink(ProjectContext context, NodeLink link) Delete a link.
void	editLink(ProjectContext context, NodeLink link, boolean shortView) Edit a link.
void	serialize(NodeLink link, org.w3c.dom.Element element) Never called.
void	unserialize(NodeLink nl, org.w3c.dom.Element element) Never called.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LinksManager

public LinksManager()

Method Detail

canLink

public boolean canLink(ProjectContext context,
                       NodeContainer node1,
                       NodeContainer node2)

Check if a manager exists that can link these two nodes.

Specified by:

canLink in interface LinkManager

Parameters:

context - Teh current project context.

node1 - The origin node.

node2 - The target node.

Returns:

True if link can be performed.

createLink

public void createLink(ProjectContext context,
                       NodeContainer node1,
                       NodeContainer node2)

Create a link. Call the underlying plugin.

Specified by:

createLink in interface LinkManager

Parameters:

context - The project context.

node1 - The origin node.

node2 - The target node.

deleteLink

public void deleteLink(ProjectContext context,
                       NodeLink link)

Delete a link.

Specified by:

deleteLink in interface LinkManager

Parameters:

context - The project context.

link - The link to be deleted.

See Also:

Project

editLink

public void editLink(ProjectContext context,
                     NodeLink link,
                     boolean shortView)

Edit a link.

Specified by:

editLink in interface LinkManager

Parameters:

context - The project context.

link - The link to be edited.

shortView - specifies if the edition mode is a single click (short view) or dble-click (open precise editor).

copyLink

public NodeLink copyLink(ProjectContext context,
                         NodeLink original,
                         NodeContainer node1,
                         NodeContainer node2)

Perform a copy of a link.

Specified by:

copyLink in interface LinkManager

Parameters:

context - The target project context.

original - The original link.

node1 - The copy of origin node.

node2 - The copy of target node.

Returns:

The copied link or null.

unserialize

public void unserialize(NodeLink nl,
                        org.w3c.dom.Element element)

Never called.

Specified by:

unserialize in interface LinkManager

Parameters:

nl - The node link.

element - The DOM element in which specific properties from link should be stored.

serialize

public void serialize(NodeLink link,
                      org.w3c.dom.Element element)

Never called.

Specified by:

serialize in interface LinkManager

Parameters:

link - The link to customize given the serialized data.

element - The specific DOM element that stores properties.