com.dlsc.flexgantt.swing.layer
Interface ILayerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultLayerFactory

public interface ILayerFactory

Layer factories are used by layer containers in order to create the actual user interface components for the various system layers, object layers, and custom layers.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Dirk Lemmermann

Method Summary

AbstractCustomLayer	createCustomLayer(LayerContainer lc, ILayer layer) Creates a new custom layer to be used for rendering custom information.
<T extends AbstractSystemLayer> T	createSystemLayer(LayerContainer lc, java.lang.Class<T> layerType) Creates a new system layer.
TimelineObjectLayer	createTimelineLayer(LayerContainer lc, ILayer layer) Creates a new timeline object layer to be used for rendering timeline objects.

Method Detail

createSystemLayer

<T extends AbstractSystemLayer> T createSystemLayer(LayerContainer lc,
                                                    java.lang.Class<T> layerType)

Creates a new system layer. The creation of all system layer types must be supported (all subclasses of AbstractSystemLayer).

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the system layer

Parameters:

lc - the layer container, which will manage the layer

layerType - the system layer class

Returns:

a system layer user interface component

Since:

1.0

createTimelineLayer

TimelineObjectLayer createTimelineLayer(LayerContainer lc,
                                        ILayer layer)

Creates a new timeline object layer to be used for rendering timeline objects.

Parameters:

lc - the layer container, which will manage the layer

layer - the layer model information

Returns:

either a timeline layer or a custom layer

Since:

1.0

See Also:

createCustomLayer(LayerContainer, ILayer)

createCustomLayer

AbstractCustomLayer createCustomLayer(LayerContainer lc,
                                      ILayer layer)

Creates a new custom layer to be used for rendering custom information.

Parameters:

lc - the layer container, which will manage the layer

layer - the layer model information

Returns:

a custom layer

Since:

1.0

See Also:

ILayer.isCustomLayer()