org.eclipse.ease.modules.platform

Class UIModelManipulator

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ease.modules.platform.UIModelManipulator

public class UIModelManipulator
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UIModelManipulator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement	findElement(java.lang.String id) Find the UI element for a given id.
static org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.advanced.MPerspective	getCurrentPerspective() Get the currently active perspective.
static java.lang.String	getIDForName(java.lang.String name) Find ID for a given view name.
static void	move(org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement uiElement, org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MElementContainer<org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement> targetContainer) Move a UI element to another container.
static void	reconcileContainer(org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MElementContainer<org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement> container) Remove empty containers if there are any.
static org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.basic.MPartSashContainer	splitPartStack(org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MElementContainer<org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement> stack, int position) Split a given MPartStack.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UIModelManipulator

public UIModelManipulator()

Method Detail

getIDForName

public static java.lang.String getIDForName(java.lang.String name)

Find ID for a given view name. If name already contains a valid id, it will be returned.

Parameters:

name - name of view

Returns:

view ID or null

findElement

public static org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement findElement(java.lang.String id)

Find the UI element for a given id.

Parameters:

id - id to look for

Returns:

UI element instance or null

getCurrentPerspective

public static org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.advanced.MPerspective getCurrentPerspective()

Get the currently active perspective.

Returns:

active perspective instance

splitPartStack

public static org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.basic.MPartSashContainer splitPartStack(org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MElementContainer<org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement> stack,
                                                                                             int position)

Split a given MPartStack. Effectively we replace the part stack with a sash container and put the old part stack into the sash container.

Parameters:

stack - stack to split

position - where to put the existing stack within the sash. One of SWT.TOP, SWT.BOTTOM, SWT.LEFT, SWT.RIGHT

Returns:

newly created sash container

move

public static void move(org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement uiElement,
                        org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MElementContainer<org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement> targetContainer)

Move a UI element to another container.

Parameters:

uiElement - element to move

targetContainer - target container to move to

reconcileContainer

public static void reconcileContainer(org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MElementContainer<org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MUIElement> container)

Remove empty containers if there are any.

Parameters:

container - container to reconcile