com.dlsc.flexgantt.policy.gantt
Interface IOverviewPolicy

All Superinterfaces:

IPolicy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultOverviewPolicy

public interface IOverviewPolicy
extends IPolicy

A policy that is used by the OverviewPalette to color timeline objects based on their status or to mark timeline objects that require special attention.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Dirk Lemmermann

See Also:

OverviewPalette, OverviewSelector, LayerContainer.setTimelineObjectStatusColor(Object, java.awt.Color), LayerContainer.setTimelineObjectStatusIcon(Object, javax.swing.Icon)

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

getOverviewStatus(java.lang.Object node, java.lang.Object timelineObject, IGanttChartModel model) Returns a status object that can be used by the OverviewPalette to determine which color to use when drawing the timeline object.

Method Detail

getOverviewStatus

java.lang.Object getOverviewStatus(java.lang.Object node,
                                   java.lang.Object timelineObject,
                                   IGanttChartModel model)

Returns a status object that can be used by the OverviewPalette to determine which color to use when drawing the timeline object.

Parameters:

node - the parent hierarchy node of the timeline object

timelineObject - the timeline object

model - the model to which the node and the timeline object belong

Returns:

an arbitrary status object (often simply a String)

Since:

1.0