MAEPlugin.connection
Class ConnectionPlugin

java.lang.Object
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  +--MAEPlugin.MAEPlugin
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        +--MAEPlugin.MenuPlugin
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              +--MAEPlugin.connection.ConnectionPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.EventListener, PluginStub

public abstract class ConnectionPlugin

extends MenuPlugin

This class is the connection MAEPlugin base class and is be used to implement a connection base class. Created on September 5, 2001, 6:16 PM

This work was produced by Peter Lemkin of the National Cancer Institute, an agency of the United States Government. As a work of the United States Government there is no associated copyright. It is offered as open source software under the Mozilla Public License (version 1.1) subject to the limitations noted in the accompanying LEGAL file. This notice must be included with the code. The MAExplorer Mozilla and Legal files are available on http://maexplorer.sourceforge.net/.

Version:

$Date: 2002/10/13 17:39:34 $ / $Revision: $

Author:

Jai Evans (DECA/CIT), C. Santos (DECA/CIT), P. Lemkin (NCI-FCRDC)

See Also:

MAExplorer Home

Fields inherited from class MAEPlugin.MAEPlugin

DBUG_MAEP, jarResources, registryMaxSize

Fields inherited from interface MAEPlugin.PluginStub

PLUGIN_VERSION

Constructor Summary

ConnectionPlugin()
ConnectionPlugin() - Constructor for creating new ConnectionPlugin

Method Summary

abstract void	close(boolean preserveDataStructuresFlag) close() - close the plugin
abstract void	updateCurGene(int mid) updateCurGene() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API.
abstract void	updateFilter() updateFilter() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API.
abstract void	updateLabels() updateLabels() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API.
abstract void	updateSlider() updateSlider() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API.

Methods inherited from class MAEPlugin.MenuPlugin

actionPerformed, pluginMain

Methods inherited from class MAEPlugin.MAEPlugin

getFlag, getInstance, getMAEStub, getMenuHook, getMenuInsertionPointName, getMenuItem, getNumberPlugins, getPluginDescription, getPluginFileName, getPluginName, getPlugins, menuActivated, pluginHalt, pluginInit, removePlugin, setFlag, setJarResources, setMAEStub, setMenuHook, setMenuInsertionPointName, setMenuItem, setMenuLabel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConnectionPlugin

public ConnectionPlugin()

ConnectionPlugin() - Constructor for creating new ConnectionPlugin

Method Detail

updateCurGene

public abstract void updateCurGene(int mid)

updateCurGene() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API. It is called by the popup Registry for the user to update any dependent data since the current gene has changed.

Parameters:

mid - is the MID (Master Gene ID) that is the new current gene.

updateFilter

public abstract void updateFilter()

updateFilter() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API. It is called by the popup Registry for the user to update any dependent data since the data Filter has changed.

updateSlider

public abstract void updateSlider()

updateSlider() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API. It is called by the popup Registry for the user to update any dependent data since the threshold sliders have changed. This is invoked from the PopupRegistry.

updateLabels

public abstract void updateLabels()

updateLabels() - abstract method end-users must implement to use the API. It is called by the popup Registry for the user to update any dependent data since some global labels have changed.

close

public abstract void close(boolean preserveDataStructuresFlag)

close() - close the plugin

Parameters:

preserveDataStructuresFlag - to save data structures