org.gephi.perspective.api

Interface PerspectiveController

public interface PerspectiveController

Controller to manage the perspective system. A perspective is a set of panels in the user interface. 'Overview', 'Data Laboratory' and 'Preview' are the default perspectives.

The default perspective implementations can be found in the 'Desktop Perspective' module.

The property org.gephi.perspective.default can be added at startup to change the default starting perspective:

• org.gephi.perspective.default=OverviewGroup
• org.gephi.perspective.default=LaboratoryGroup
• org.gephi.perspective.default=PreviewGroup

Author:

Mathieu Bastian

See Also:

Perspective

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Perspective[]	getPerspectives() Returns all perspectives installed.
Perspective	getSelectedPerspective() Returns the selected perspective or null if no perspective is selected.
void	selectPerspective(Perspective perspective) Switch the current perspective to the given perspective.

Method Detail

getSelectedPerspective

Perspective getSelectedPerspective()

Returns the selected perspective or null if no perspective is selected. By default the 'Overview' perspective is selected.

Returns:

the currently selected perspective or null

getPerspectives

Perspective[] getPerspectives()

Returns all perspectives installed. This is equivalent to Lookup.getDefault().lookupAll(Perspective.class).

Returns:

all installed perspectives

selectPerspective

void selectPerspective(Perspective perspective)

Switch the current perspective to the given perspective. Only one perspective can be selected at a time.

Parameters:

perspective - the perspective to select