org.cytoscape.view.presentation.property
Class DefaultVisualizableVisualProperty

java.lang.Object
  org.cytoscape.view.model.AbstractVisualProperty<Visualizable>
      org.cytoscape.view.presentation.property.DefaultVisualizableVisualProperty

All Implemented Interfaces:

VisualProperty<Visualizable>

public final class DefaultVisualizableVisualProperty
extends AbstractVisualProperty<Visualizable>

Visual Property to represent abstract concept such as Node or Edge. If rendering engine have this visual property in the lexicon tree and if it's a leaf, it should render it with default settings.

Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (Final Class): This class is final and therefore can't be extended by users. This means that we may add methods for minor version updates. Methods will only be removed for major version updates.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.cytoscape.view.model.AbstractVisualProperty

shouldIgnoreDefault

Constructor Summary

DefaultVisualizableVisualProperty(String id, String displayName, Class<? extends CyIdentifiable> modelDataType)

Method Summary

Visualizable	parseSerializableString(String text) Returns an object of type T given a string serialized from the getSerializableString(T value) method.
String	toSerializableString(Visualizable value) Returns a string of the specified value suitable for serializing to XML other text output.

Methods inherited from class org.cytoscape.view.model.AbstractVisualProperty

getDefault, getDisplayName, getIdString, getRange, getTargetDataType, shouldIgnoreDefault

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultVisualizableVisualProperty

public DefaultVisualizableVisualProperty(String id,
                                         String displayName,
                                         Class<? extends CyIdentifiable> modelDataType)

Parameters:

id - A machine readable string identifying this visual property used for XML serialization.

displayName - A human readable string used for displays and user interfaces.

modelDataType - The model data type associated with this visual property, e.g. CyNode, CyEdge, or CyNetwork.

Method Detail

toSerializableString

public String toSerializableString(Visualizable value)

Description copied from interface: VisualProperty

Returns a string of the specified value suitable for serializing to XML other text output.

Parameters:

value - the specified value.

Returns:

a string of the specified value suitable for serializing to XML other text output.

parseSerializableString

public Visualizable parseSerializableString(String text)

Description copied from interface: VisualProperty

Returns an object of type T given a string serialized from the getSerializableString(T value) method.

Parameters:

text - a string serialized from the getSerializableString(T value) method.

Returns:

an object of type T given a string serialized from the getSerializableString(T value) method.