visad
Interface Action

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.EventListener, ThingChangedListener

All Known Subinterfaces:

Cell, Display, LocalDisplay, RemoteAction, RemoteCell, RemoteDisplay

All Known Implementing Classes:

ActionImpl, CellImpl, DisplayImpl, DisplayImplJ2D, DisplayImplJ3D, FormulaVar, RemoteActionImpl, RemoteCellImpl, RemoteDisplayImpl, SSCellImpl

public interface Action
extends ThingChangedListener

Action is the VisAD interface for runnable threads that need to be notified when ThingReference objects change. For example, this may be used for a Data display or for a spreadsheet cell.

Method Summary

void	addReference(ThingReference ref) create link to a ThingReference; invokes ref.addThingChangedListener(ThingChangedListener l, long id)
java.lang.String	getName() return name of this Action
void	removeAllReferences() delete all links to ThingReferences
void	removeReference(ThingReference ref) delete link to a ThingReference

Methods inherited from interface visad.ThingChangedListener

thingChanged

Method Detail

addReference

void addReference(ThingReference ref)
                  throws VisADException,
                         java.rmi.RemoteException

create link to a ThingReference; invokes ref.addThingChangedListener(ThingChangedListener l, long id)

Throws:

VisADException

java.rmi.RemoteException

removeReference

void removeReference(ThingReference ref)
                     throws VisADException,
                            java.rmi.RemoteException

delete link to a ThingReference

Throws:

VisADException

java.rmi.RemoteException

removeAllReferences

void removeAllReferences()
                         throws VisADException,
                                java.rmi.RemoteException

delete all links to ThingReferences

Throws:

VisADException

java.rmi.RemoteException

getName

java.lang.String getName()
                         throws VisADException,
                                java.rmi.RemoteException

return name of this Action

Throws:

VisADException

java.rmi.RemoteException