com.moneydance.apps.md.view
Interface HomePageView

public interface HomePageView

Interface for a component that is displayed on the home page. Objects that implement this interface should be very lightweight, at least until one of the get*View() methods are called.

Author:

Sean D. Reilly

Method Summary

javax.swing.JComponent	getGUIView(RootAccount rootAccount) Returns a GUI component that provides a view of the info panel for the given data file.
java.lang.String	getID() Returns a unique identifier for this view.
void	refresh() Forces a refresh of the information in the view.
void	reset() Called when the view should clean up everything.
void	setActive(boolean active) Sets the view as active or inactive.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a short descriptive name of this view.

Method Detail

getID

java.lang.String getID()

Returns a unique identifier for this view. This identifier must be unique across all identifiers for all extensions.

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Returns a short descriptive name of this view.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getGUIView

javax.swing.JComponent getGUIView(RootAccount rootAccount)

Returns a GUI component that provides a view of the info panel for the given data file.

setActive

void setActive(boolean active)

Sets the view as active or inactive. When not active, a view should not have any registered listeners with other parts of the program. This will be called when an view is added to the home page, or the home page is refreshed after not being visible for a while.

refresh

void refresh()

Forces a refresh of the information in the view. For example, this is called after the preferences are updated.

reset

void reset()

Called when the view should clean up everything. For example, this is called when a file is closed and the GUI is reset. The view should disconnect from any resources that are associated with the currently opened data file.