org.netbeans.core.spi.multiview
Annotation Type MultiViewElement.Registration

@Target(value={TYPE,METHOD})
@Retention(value=SOURCE)
public static @interface MultiViewElement.Registration

Registers a MultiViewElement, so it is available in MimeLookup and can be found and located by MultiViews.createCloneableMultiView(java.lang.String, T) and MultiViews.createMultiView(java.lang.String, T) factory methods.

The element class may have default constructor or a constructor that takes Lookup as an argument. Similarly for a factory method.

Required Element Summary

String	displayName Gets localized display name of multi view element.
String[]	mimeType Mime type this registration is associated with.
int	persistenceType Gets persistence type of multi view element, the TopComponent will decide on it's own persistenceType based on the sum of all it's elements.
String	preferredID A Description's contribution to unique TopComponent's Id returned by getID.

Optional Element Summary

String	iconBase Icon for the MultiViewDescription's multiview component.
int	position Position of this element amoung the list of other elements.

Element Detail

mimeType

public abstract String[] mimeType

Mime type this registration is associated with.

Returns:

array of mime types like "text/java", "text", etc.

persistenceType

public abstract int persistenceType

Gets persistence type of multi view element, the TopComponent will decide on it's own persistenceType based on the sum of all it's elements. TopComponent.PERSISTENCE_ALWAYS has higher priority than TopComponent.PERSISTENCE_ONLY_OPENED and TopComponent.PERSISTENCE_NEVER has lowest priority. The TopComponent will be stored only if at least one element requesting persistence was made visible.

displayName

public abstract String displayName

Gets localized display name of multi view element. Will be placed on the Element's toggle button.

Returns:

localized display name

preferredID

public abstract String preferredID

A Description's contribution to unique TopComponent's Id returned by getID. Returned value is used as starting value for creating unique TopComponent ID for whole enclosing multi view component. Value should be preferably unique, but need not be.

iconBase

public abstract String iconBase

Icon for the MultiViewDescription's multiview component. Will be shown as TopComponent's icon when this element is selected. If the icon is not provided, then the multiview component will use the icon provided by the first MultiViewDescription.

Returns:

the icon of multi view element

Default:

""

position

public abstract int position

Position of this element amoung the list of other elements.

Returns:

integer value

Default:

2147483647