gecko-dev/grendel/widgets/ColumnModel.java
1998-09-09 00:52:38 +00:00

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/* -*- Mode: java; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
* Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
* basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
* the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
* under the License.
*
* The Original Code is the Grendel mail/news client.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications
* Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are Copyright (C) 1997
* Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Created: Will Scullin <scullin@netscape.com>, 21 Aug 1997.
*/
package grendel.widgets;
import java.util.Enumeration;
/**
* An interface for the data model that stores the layout of a set of columns.
* This interface is shared by the ColumnHeaders and the TreeTable to provide
* a common column layout for both.
*/
public interface ColumnModel {
/**
* Add a column to the model. The column is added at the end.
*/
public void addColumn(Column aColumn);
/**
* Add a column to the model at a specified index. An exception may be
* if the index is invalid.
*/
public void addColumnAt(Column aColumn, int aIndex);
/**
* Removes a column from the model.
*/
public void removeColumn(Column aColumn);
/**
* Moves a column at the source index to the destination index. Columns
* in between may be shifted. An exception may be thrown if either index
* is invalid.
*/
public void moveColumn(int aSource, int aDest);
/**
* @return The total number of columns in this model.
*/
public int getColumnCount();
/**
* @return The column at the given index. Returns null if
* index is invalid.
*/
public Column getColumn(int aIndex);
/**
* @return The column with the given ID. Returns null if a column with the
* given ID is not in the model.
*/
public Column getColumn(Object aID);
/**
* @return An enumeration of all the columns in the model.
*/
public Enumeration getColumns();
/**
* @return The index of the column in the model. Returns -1 if the column is
* not in the model.
*/
public int getColumnIndex(Column aColumn);
/**
* @return The index of the column at the given X location. Returns -1 if the
* given X does not fall over a column.
*/
public int getColumnIndexAtX(int aX);
/**
* @return The margin (gap) between columns.
*/
public int getColumnMargin();
/**
* Sets the margin (gap) between columns.
*/
public void setColumnMargin(int aMargin);
/**
* @return The sum of all column widths and margins.
*/
public int getTotalColumnWidth();
/**
* Adds a ColumnModelListener.
*/
public void addColumnModelListener(ColumnModelListener aListener);
/**
* Removes a ColumnModelListener.
*/
public void removeColumnModelListener(ColumnModelListener aListener);
/**
* @return The currently selected column.
*/
public Column getSelectedColumn();
/**
* Sets the currently selected column. Currently only single selection
* is supported.
*/
public void setSelectedColumn(Column aColumn);
/**
* @return A string representing the layout (order and widths) of the
* columns.
*/
public String getPrefString();
/**
* Restores a column layout that was obtained from getPrefString().
*/
public void setPrefString(String aString);
}