org.cytoscape.view.vizmap.gui.editor

Interface ValueEditor<V>

Type Parameters:

V - target data type for this editor.

public interface ValueEditor<V>

Provides a GUI Editor for a data type. To support new data type, this should be implemented.

Module: vizmap-gui-api

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

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>vizmap-gui-api</artifactId>
</dependency>

Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (SPI Interface): We expect that this interface will be implemented. Therefore to maintain backwards compatibility this interface will only be modified for major version updates.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<V>	getValueType() Get type of the value to be edited.
<S extends V> V	showEditor(Component parent, S initialValue) Display the editor and get a new value.

Method Detail

showEditor

<S extends V> V showEditor(Component parent,
                           S initialValue)

Display the editor and get a new value.

Parameters:

parent - the parent Component of this editor.

initialValue - the initial value for the value editor dialogue.

Returns:

the value generated from the value editor dialogue or null.

getValueType

Class<V> getValueType()

Get type of the value to be edited.

Returns:

the type of value returned by the value editor.