com.ibm.commons.swt.controls
Class UIUpdater

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.commons.swt.controls.UIUpdater

public abstract class UIUpdater
extends java.lang.Object

This class is responsible for updating the UI.

Constructor Summary

UIUpdater()

Method Summary

void	dispose()
void	enable(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control c, boolean enable) Enable a component.
boolean	isUpdateNecessary()
void	select(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button button, boolean select) Select a button.
void	setParent(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control parent)
void	setText(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label label, java.lang.String text) Change the text of a label.
abstract void	updateControls()
void	visible(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control c, boolean visible) Set visible/invisible a component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UIUpdater

public UIUpdater()

Method Detail

setParent

public void setParent(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control parent)

Parameters:

parent -

dispose

public void dispose()

isUpdateNecessary

public boolean isUpdateNecessary()

updateControls

public abstract void updateControls()

enable

public void enable(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control c,
                   boolean enable)

Enable a component. Because this can be called from a separate thread, please use that function instead of directly call the component function.

Parameters:

c - the component to enable

enable - the new component enabled state

visible

public void visible(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control c,
                    boolean visible)

Set visible/invisible a component. Because this can be called from a separate thread, please use that function instead of directly call the component function.

Parameters:

c - the component to enable

enable - the new component enabled state

select

public void select(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button button,
                   boolean select)

Select a button. This function is designed to be used with ToggleButtons and Checkboxes.

Parameters:

button - the button to select

select - the new component selected state

setText

public void setText(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label label,
                    java.lang.String text)

Change the text of a label.

Parameters:

label - the label to use

text - the new component text