kaapo.project
Class Element

java.lang.Object
  kaapo.Observable
      kaapo.project.ProjectComponent
          kaapo.project.DiagramComponent
              kaapo.project.Element

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Actor, DataBase, DataStore, Process, Text, UseCase

public abstract class Element
extends DiagramComponent

Abstract base class for elements. Concrete element types inherit from this class.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class kaapo.project.DiagramComponent

DiagramComponent.ComponentType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class kaapo.project.ProjectComponent

ProjectComponent.ObservableMessage

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class kaapo.project.ProjectComponent

attributeMap, attributePanel

Constructor Summary

Element()

Method Summary

DiagramComponent.ComponentType	getComponentType() Get the basic type of the diagram component (element or connection).
abstract double	getDefaultHeight() Returns the default height of the element.
abstract double	getDefaultWidth() Returns the default width of the element.
boolean	isElement() Tell whether the diagram component is an element or a connection.

Methods inherited from class kaapo.project.DiagramComponent

buildDCGraphics, canMove, canResize, getLargeIcon

Methods inherited from class kaapo.project.ProjectComponent

addAttribute, addAttribute, buildAttributePanel, getAttribute, getAttributeMap, getAttributePanel, getSmallIcon, getTypeName, hasAttribute, removeAttribute, setAttribute

Methods inherited from class kaapo.Observable

addObserver, notifyObservers, notifyObservers, removeAllObservers, removeObserver, setChanged

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Element

public Element()

Method Detail

getDefaultWidth

public abstract double getDefaultWidth()

Returns the default width of the element. Default width is used when creating a new element instance, for example.

Returns:

Default width

getDefaultHeight

public abstract double getDefaultHeight()

Returns the default height of the element. Default height is used when creating a new element instance, for example.

Returns:

Default height

isElement

public boolean isElement()

Description copied from class: DiagramComponent

Tell whether the diagram component is an element or a connection.

Specified by:

isElement in class DiagramComponent

Returns:

True if element, false if connection.

getComponentType

public DiagramComponent.ComponentType getComponentType()

Description copied from class: DiagramComponent

Get the basic type of the diagram component (element or connection).

Specified by:

getComponentType in class DiagramComponent

Returns:

Basic type