wt.visitor
Class BasicNodeExpander

java.lang.Object
  wt.visitor.BasicNodeExpander

All Implemented Interfaces:

NodeExpander

public class BasicNodeExpander
extends Object
implements NodeExpander

This class implements NodeExpander by using an Expander and NodeLinkInfo delegates. The Expander is an interface used for selecting an implementation of the expand() method. The NodeLinkInfo interface specifies applicable assocation roles and the Expander instance to use for a given Persistable object.

Using this class, it is possible to completely customize a multi-level navigation by plugging-in the appropriate NodeLinkInfo and Expander implementations.

There is a tight coupling between the RoleLinkInfo and Expander objects that are used within this class. The Expander requires a specific type of roleObject for its implementation. The NodeLinkInfo is expected to return RoleInfoObjects that have the appropriate type of roleObject instances.

Supported API: true

Extendable: true

See Also:

wt.util.NodeLinkInfo, wt.util.Expander

Method Summary

void	expandNode(Persistable parentNode, Vector links, Vector nodes) Expands the node returning all of the links and nodes associated with the parent node.
NodeExpandInfo	getNodeExpandInfo() Gets the object for the association that plays role: theNodeExpandInfo.
void	setNodeExpandInfo(NodeExpandInfo a_NodeExpandInfo) Sets the object for the association that plays role: theNodeExpandInfo.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getNodeExpandInfo

public NodeExpandInfo getNodeExpandInfo()

Gets the object for the association that plays role: theNodeExpandInfo.

Supported API: true

Returns:

NodeExpandInfo

setNodeExpandInfo

public void setNodeExpandInfo(NodeExpandInfo a_NodeExpandInfo)
                       throws WTPropertyVetoException

Sets the object for the association that plays role: theNodeExpandInfo.

Supported API: true

Parameters:

a_NodeExpandInfo -

Throws:

WTPropertyVetoException

expandNode

public void expandNode(Persistable parentNode,
                       Vector links,
                       Vector nodes)
                throws WTException

Expands the node returning all of the links and nodes associated with the parent node.

Supported API: true

Specified by:

expandNode in interface NodeExpander

Parameters:

parentNode -

links -

nodes -

Throws:

WTException