Interface ActivationType

All Known Implementing Classes:
BrowserActivationType, CutoutActivationType, DelayActivationType, DownloadActivationType, GenericViewImageActivationType, InvokeDatalinkActivationType, JelActivationType, LoadTableActivationType, NopActivationType, PlotTableActivationType, RegionViewImageActivationType, SendCustomActivationType, SendHips2fitsActivationType, SendImageActivationType, SendIndexActivationType, SendSkyPosActivationType, SendSpectrumActivationType, SendTableActivationType, ServiceActivationType, ShellActivationType, TopcatSkyPosActivationType, ViewDatalinkActivationType, ViewHips2fitsActivationType, ViewImageActivationType
public interface ActivationType
Defines a type of activation action that can be invoked on table rows. An instance of this class documents its general behaviour, and can produce a GUI component that acts as a factory for Activator instances.
Since:
23 Jan 2018
Author:
Mark Taylor

  • Method Details

    • getName

      String getName()
      Name of this activation type.
      Returns:
      type name

    • getDescription

      String getDescription()
      Description of this activation type.
      Returns:
      type description

    • createConfigurator

      ActivatorConfigurator createConfigurator(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)
      Returns a component that can be used to configure activators of this type.
      Parameters:
      tinfo - information about topcat model for which the activation will take place
      Returns:
      new configurator to produce compatible Activators

    • getSuitability

      Suitability getSuitability(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)
      Indicates the applicability of this activation type to a given table.
      Parameters:
      tinfo - information about topcat model
      Returns:
      suitability code