hep.graphics.heprep
Interface HepRepType

All Superinterfaces:

HepRepAttribute, HepRepConstants, HepRepDefinition

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultHepRepType, HepRepTypeAdapter, HepRepTypeAdapter, StreamerHepRepType

public interface HepRepType

extends HepRepDefinition

HepRepType interface.

Author:

Mark Donszelmann

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface hep.graphics.heprep.HepRepConstants

SHOW_DESC, SHOW_EXTRA, SHOW_NAME, SHOW_NONE, SHOW_VALUE, TYPE_BOOLEAN, TYPE_COLOR, TYPE_DOUBLE, TYPE_INT, TYPE_LONG, TYPE_STRING, TYPE_UNKNOWN

Method Summary

void	addType(HepRepType type) Adds a sub-type to this type.
HepRepType	copy(HepRep heprep, HepRepType parent) Returns a deep copy of this type.
String	getDescription() Returns the description of this type.
String	getInfoURL() Returns the information URL of this type.
String	getName() Returns the name of this type.
HepRepType	getSuperType() Returns the parent of this type.
Collection	getTypes() Returns a collection of all the sub-types of this type.

Methods inherited from interface hep.graphics.heprep.HepRepDefinition

addAttDef, addAttDef, getAttDef, getAttDefFromNode, getAttDefsFromNode

Methods inherited from interface hep.graphics.heprep.HepRepAttribute

addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, addAttValue, getAttValue, getAttValueFromNode, getAttValuesFromNode, removeAttValue

Method Detail

addType

public void addType(HepRepType type)
             throws IOException

Adds a sub-type to this type.

Parameters:

type - sub-type to be added.

Throws:

IOException - only if written directly to a stream.

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this type.

Returns:

name of type.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns the description of this type.

Returns:

description of type.

getInfoURL

public String getInfoURL()

Returns the information URL of this type.

Returns:

info URL of type.

getSuperType

public HepRepType getSuperType()

Returns the parent of this type.

Returns:

parent of type, or null if top-level.

getTypes

public Collection getTypes()

Returns a collection of all the sub-types of this type.

Returns:

collection of HepRepTypes.

copy

public HepRepType copy(HepRep heprep,
                       HepRepType parent)
                throws CloneNotSupportedException

Returns a deep copy of this type.

Parameters:

heprep - top-level heprep. (Not sure if this is necessary).

parent - to which this copy is added.

Returns:

copy of this type.

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException - if copying is not possible.