de.mud.jta

Interface VisualPlugin

Known Subinterfaces:
VisualTransferPlugin
Known Implementing Classes:
ButtonBar, Capture, MudConnector, SSH, Status, Terminal, URLFilter

public interface VisualPlugin

To show data on-screen a plugin may have a visible component. That component may either be a single awt component or a container with severel elements.

Maintainer: Matthias L. Jugel

Version:
$Id: VisualPlugin.java 499 2005-09-29 08:24:54Z leo $
Author:
Matthias L. Jugel, Marcus Mei???ner

Method Summary

JMenu
getPluginMenu()
Get the menu entry for this component.
JComponent
getPluginVisual()
Get the visible components from the plugin.

Method Details

getPluginMenu

public JMenu getPluginMenu()
Get the menu entry for this component.
Returns:
a menu that can be used to change the plugin state

getPluginVisual

public JComponent getPluginVisual()
Get the visible components from the plugin.
Returns:
a component that represents the plugin