Package com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2

Interface TextGUIElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

Border, Component, Container, Interactable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBasePane.ContentHolder, AbstractBorder, AbstractComponent, AbstractComposite, AbstractInteractableComponent, AbstractListBox, ActionListBox, AnimatedLabel, Button, CheckBox, CheckBoxList, ComboBox, EmptySpace, GUIBackdrop, Label, Panel, ProgressBar, RadioBoxList, ScrollBar, Separator, Table, TextBox

public interface TextGUIElement

This interface is the base part in the Lanterna Text GUI component hierarchy

Author:

Martin

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	draw(TextGUIGraphics graphics)	Draws the GUI element using the supplied TextGUIGraphics object.
boolean	isInvalid()	Checks if this element (or any of its child components, if any) has signaled that what it's currently displaying is out of date and needs re-drawing.

Method Detail

draw

void draw(TextGUIGraphics graphics)

Draws the GUI element using the supplied TextGUIGraphics object. This is the main method to implement when you want to create your own GUI components.

Parameters:

graphics - Graphics object to use when drawing the component

isInvalid

boolean isInvalid()

Checks if this element (or any of its child components, if any) has signaled that what it's currently displaying is out of date and needs re-drawing.

Returns:

true if the component is invalid and needs redrawing, false otherwise