PerspectiveController (gephi 0.9.3 API)

```
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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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