Interface TreeView

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultTreeView

public interface TreeView

TreeView defines APIs for opening a file and displaying the file structure in a tree structure.

TreeView uses folders and leaf nodes to represent groups and data objects in the file. You can expand or collapse folders to navigate data objects in the file.

From the TreeView, you can open the data content or metadata of the selected object. You can select object(s) to delete or add new objects to the file.

Version:
2.4 9/6/2007
Author:
Peter X. Cao
  • Method Details

    • openFile

      FileFormat openFile​(String filename, int accessID) throws Exception
      Opens a file and retrieves the file structure of the file. It also can be used to create a new file by setting the accessID to FileFormat.CREATE.

      Subclasses must implement this function to take appropriate steps to open a file.

      Parameters:
      filename - the name of the file to open.
      accessID - identifier for the file access. Valid value of accessID is:
      • FileFormat.READ --- allow read-only access to file.
      • FileFormat.WRITE --- allow read and write access to file.
      • FileFormat.CREATE --- create a new file.
      Returns:
      the FileFormat of this file if successful; otherwise returns null.
      Throws:
      Exception - if a failure occurred
    • reopenFile

      FileFormat reopenFile​(FileFormat theFile, int newFileAccessMode) throws Exception
      Throws:
      Exception
    • closeFile

      void closeFile​(FileFormat file) throws Exception
      close a file
      Parameters:
      file - the file to close
      Throws:
      Exception - if a failure occurred
    • saveFile

      void saveFile​(FileFormat file) throws Exception
      save a file
      Parameters:
      file - the file to save
      Throws:
      Exception - if a failure occurred
    • setDefaultDisplayMode

      void setDefaultDisplayMode​(boolean displaymode)
      change the display option.
      Parameters:
      displaymode - the default displaymode
    • getSelectedFile

      Gets the selected the file. When multiple files are open, we need to know which file is currently selected.
      Returns:
      the FileFormat of the selected file.
    • getCurrentObject

      Returns:
      the current selected object in the tree.
    • showDataContent

      DataView showDataContent​(HObject dataObject) throws Exception
      Display the content of a data object.
      Parameters:
      dataObject - the data object
      Returns:
      the dataview that displays the data content
      Throws:
      Exception - if a failure occurred
    • showMetaData

      MetaDataView showMetaData​(HObject dataObject) throws Exception
      Displays the meta data of a data object.
      Parameters:
      dataObject - the data object
      Returns:
      the MetaDataView that displays the MetaData of the data object
      Throws:
      Exception - if a failure occurred
    • addObject

      org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem addObject​(HObject newObject, Group parentGroup)
      Adds an already created HObject to the tree under the TreeItem containing the specified parent group.
      Parameters:
      newObject - the object to add.
      parentGroup - the parent group to add the object to.
      Returns:
      the TreeItem object
    • getTree

      org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tree getTree()
      Returns:
      the Tree which holds the file structure.
    • getCurrentFiles

      Returns:
      the list of currently open files.
    • findTreeItem

      org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem findTreeItem​(HObject obj)
      Parameters:
      obj - the object to find
      Returns:
      the tree item that contains the given data object.