uk.ac.starlink.util.gui

Interface StoreSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AstFigureStore, DrawFigureStore, PlotConfigurator

public interface StoreSource

An interface for component configurations that can be serialised to XML and subsequently stored and restored to a backing store using a StoreControlFrame.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Peter W. Draper

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getApplicationName() Return a name for this application.
String	getStoreName() Return a name for the configuration store (without any directory information).
String	getTagName() Get a name for the top-level element associated with this configuration.
void	restoreState(Element rootElement) Restore a previously saved configuration created by the saveState(org.w3c.dom.Element) method.
void	saveState(Element rootElement) Save the configuration with the given Element as the root of the document.

Method Detail

saveState

void saveState(Element rootElement)

Save the configuration with the given Element as the root of the document.

restoreState

void restoreState(Element rootElement)

Restore a previously saved configuration created by the saveState(org.w3c.dom.Element) method.

getApplicationName

String getApplicationName()

Return a name for this application. This is used to create a directory for the configuration store.

getStoreName

String getStoreName()

Return a name for the configuration store (without any directory information).

getTagName

String getTagName()

Get a name for the top-level element associated with this configuration.