org.freehep.application
Interface HelpService

public interface HelpService

HelpInterface is the interface which users of the help system deal with. Isolate application from JavaHelp so can run without jh.jar

Version:

$Id: HelpService.java,v 1.2 2001/04/05 19:30:12 tonyj Exp $

Author:

Peter Armstrong, Tony Johnson

Source Code:

HelpService.java

Method Summary

void	showHelpTopic(String helpTopicTarget, String navigatorView, Component owner) Shows the specified JavaHelp topic according to the display parameters provided.

Method Detail

showHelpTopic

public void showHelpTopic(String helpTopicTarget,
                          String navigatorView,
                          Component owner)

Shows the specified JavaHelp topic according to the display parameters provided.

Parameters:

helpTopicTarget - The JavaHelp XML target name which maps to the .html page in the map file

navigatorView - The string specifying which of the three views to have visible

owner - The Component to own the help window