antsnest.datatransfer
Class AntsNestTransferable

java.lang.Object
  antsnest.datatransfer.AntsNestTransferable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Transferable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AntAttributeTransferable, AntElementDefinitionTransferable, AntNodeTransferable

public abstract class AntsNestTransferable
extends Object
implements Transferable

Defines common ways classes are transfered

Author:

Chris Clohosy

Field Summary

protected DataFlavor	flavor The data flavor
protected List	flavorList The data flavor as a list
protected DataFlavor[]	flavors The data flavor as an array

Constructor Summary

AntsNestTransferable()
Constructs a new transferable

Method Summary

abstract Object	getTransferData(DataFlavor usedFlavor) Gets an object to be used in the transfer
DataFlavor[]	getTransferDataFlavors() Gets the flavors supported by this transferable
boolean	isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor inQuestion) Tells whether a data flavor is supported

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

flavor

protected DataFlavor flavor

The data flavor

flavors

protected DataFlavor[] flavors

The data flavor as an array

flavorList

protected List flavorList

The data flavor as a list

Constructor Detail

AntsNestTransferable

public AntsNestTransferable()

Constructs a new transferable

Method Detail

getTransferDataFlavors

public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()

Gets the flavors supported by this transferable

Specified by:

getTransferDataFlavors in interface Transferable

Returns:

a DataFlavor[], the supported flavors

isDataFlavorSupported

public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor inQuestion)

Tells whether a data flavor is supported

Specified by:

isDataFlavorSupported in interface Transferable

Parameters:

inQuestion - the data flavor in question

Returns:

a boolean, whether it's supported

getTransferData

public abstract Object getTransferData(DataFlavor usedFlavor)
                                throws UnsupportedFlavorException

Gets an object to be used in the transfer

Specified by:

getTransferData in interface Transferable

Parameters:

usedFlavor - the flavor being used

Returns:

an Object, the object to transfer

Throws:

UnsupportedFlavorException - if an unsupported flavor is used