edu.usc.cse.desi.model.view
Class AbstractViewModel

java.lang.Object
  edu.usc.cse.desi.model.AbstractDESIModel
      edu.usc.cse.desi.model.view.AbstractViewModel

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.EventListener, java.beans.PropertyChangeListener, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractConnectionViewModel, AbstractNodeViewModel, DESIViewModel

public abstract class AbstractViewModel

extends AbstractDESIModel

This is the super class of all view model objects. It contains a AbstractDataModel object that it refers to and many methods that are delegated to that AbstractDataModel.

Author:

NeLs Started on Aug 11, 2004

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected AbstractDataModel

myDataModel

Fields inherited from class edu.usc.cse.desi.model.AbstractDESIModel

listeners

Constructor Summary

AbstractViewModel()

Method Summary

AbstractDataModel	getMyDataModel()
PropertyInitializer	getMyPropetyInitializer() Gets the property initializer from the data object.
java.util.Collection	getProperties() Returns the properties of the data model.
java.lang.String	getPropertyDisplayName(java.lang.String prop_name) Returns the display name for a property as returned by the data model.
java.lang.Object	getPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name) Returns the property value from the data model.
boolean	hasProperty(java.lang.String prop_name) Returns true if the data model has a given property.
void	reinitialize() I overrode this method:
void	setPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name, java.lang.Object value) Sets a given property value of the data model.

Methods inherited from class edu.usc.cse.desi.model.AbstractDESIModel

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, propertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myDataModel

protected AbstractDataModel myDataModel

Constructor Detail

AbstractViewModel

public AbstractViewModel()

Method Detail

getMyDataModel

public AbstractDataModel getMyDataModel()

reinitialize

public void reinitialize()

I overrode this method:

Overrides:

reinitialize in class AbstractDESIModel

See Also:

AbstractDESIModel.reinitialize()

getMyPropetyInitializer

public PropertyInitializer getMyPropetyInitializer()

Gets the property initializer from the data object.

Returns:

getProperties

public java.util.Collection getProperties()

Returns the properties of the data model.

Returns:

getPropertyDisplayName

public java.lang.String getPropertyDisplayName(java.lang.String prop_name)
                                        throws PropertyNotFoundException

Returns the display name for a property as returned by the data model.

Parameters:

prop_name -

Returns:

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException

getPropertyValue

public java.lang.Object getPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name)
                                  throws PropertyNotFoundException

Returns the property value from the data model.

Parameters:

prop_name -

Returns:

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException

hasProperty

public boolean hasProperty(java.lang.String prop_name)

Returns true if the data model has a given property.

Parameters:

prop_name -

Returns:

setPropertyValue

public void setPropertyValue(java.lang.String prop_name,
                             java.lang.Object value)
                      throws PropertyNotFoundException,
                             java.lang.ClassCastException

Sets a given property value of the data model.

Parameters:

prop_name -

value -

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException

java.lang.ClassCastException