org.cytoscape.session.events
Class SessionAboutToBeSavedEvent

java.lang.Object
  org.cytoscape.event.AbstractCyEvent<CySessionManager>
      org.cytoscape.session.events.SessionAboutToBeSavedEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

CyEvent<CySessionManager>

public final class SessionAboutToBeSavedEvent
extends AbstractCyEvent<CySessionManager>

This event is fired synchronously by the CySessionManager at beginning of the CySessionManager.getCurrentSession() method. The intent is to allow listeners to provide information to this event object or to update their state before that state is interrogated by the CySessionManager.

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.

Module: session-api

To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>session-api</artifactId>
</dependency>

Constructor Summary

SessionAboutToBeSavedEvent(CySessionManager source)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	addAppFiles(String appName, List<File> files) A method that allows apps to specify a list of files that should be stored in the session.
Map<String,List<File>>	getAppFileListMap() This method is not meant to be used by listeners for this event, although you can and no harm should come to you.

Methods inherited from class org.cytoscape.event.AbstractCyEvent

getListenerClass, getSource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SessionAboutToBeSavedEvent

public SessionAboutToBeSavedEvent(CySessionManager source)

Constructor.

Parameters:

source - The CySessionManager that will be saving the session.

Method Detail

addAppFiles

public void addAppFiles(String appName,
                        List<File> files)
                 throws Exception

A method that allows apps to specify a list of files that should be stored in the session.

Parameters:

appName - The name of the app that these files should be stored for.

files - The list of File objects to be stored in the session file.

Throws:

Exception

getAppFileListMap

public Map<String,List<File>> getAppFileListMap()

This method is not meant to be used by listeners for this event, although you can and no harm should come to you. This method is used by the CySessionManager to retrieve the list of files from apps.

Returns:

A map of app names to lists of files to be stored in the session for that app.