com.googlecode.lanterna.gui

Interface Container

All Superinterfaces:

Component

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContainer, Panel

public interface Container
extends Component

This interface must be implemented by any component this is to have subcomponents.

Author:

Martin

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.googlecode.lanterna.gui.Component

Component.Alignment

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addComponent(Component component, LayoutParameter... layoutParameters) Adds a new subcomponent to this container.
void	addContainerListener(ContainerListener cl)
boolean	containsComponent(Component component) This method can used to see if a particular component is contained with this objects list of immediate children.
Component	getComponentAt(int index)
int	getComponentCount()
boolean	removeComponent(Component component) Removes a component from this container.
void	removeContainerListener(ContainerListener cl)

Methods inherited from interface com.googlecode.lanterna.gui.Component

addBorder, addComponentListener, getAlignment, getMinimumSize, getParent, getPreferredSize, getWindow, isScrollable, isVisible, removeComponentListener, repaint, setAlignment, setPreferredSize, setVisible

Method Detail

addContainerListener

void addContainerListener(ContainerListener cl)

removeContainerListener

void removeContainerListener(ContainerListener cl)

addComponent

void addComponent(Component component,
                LayoutParameter... layoutParameters)

Adds a new subcomponent to this container.

Parameters:

component - Component to add to this container

layoutParameters - Optional parameters to give hits to the layout manager

removeComponent

boolean removeComponent(Component component)

Removes a component from this container.

Parameters:

component - Component to remove from this container

Returns:

true if a component was found and removed, false otherwise

getComponentCount

int getComponentCount()

Returns:

How many component this container currently has

getComponentAt

Component getComponentAt(int index)

Parameters:

index - Index to look up a component at

Returns:

Component at the specified index

containsComponent

boolean containsComponent(Component component)

This method can used to see if a particular component is contained with this objects list of immediate children. It will not search through sub-containers, you'll need to do that manually if you need this functionality.

Parameters:

component - Component to search for

Returns:

true is the component is found in this containers list of direct children, otherwise false