Class LayoutBlockManagerXml

    • Method Detail

      • store

        public Element store​(java.lang.Object o)
        Implementation for storing the contents of a LayoutBlockManager
        Parameters:
        o - Object to store, of type LayoutBlockManager
        Returns:
        Element containing the complete info
      • setStoreElementClass

        public void setStoreElementClass​(Element layoutblocks)
        Subclass provides implementation to create the correct top element, including the type information. Default implementation is to use the local class here.
        Parameters:
        layoutblocks - The top-level element being created
      • load

        public void load​(Element element,
                         java.lang.Object o)
        Description copied from class: AbstractXmlAdapter
        Create a set of configured objects from their XML description, using an auxiliary object.

        For example, the auxilary object o might be a manager or GUI of some type that needs to be informed as each object is created.

        Specified by:
        load in interface XmlAdapter
        Overrides:
        load in class AbstractXmlAdapter
        Parameters:
        element - Top-level XML element containing the description
        o - Implementation-specific Object needed for the conversion
      • load

        public boolean load​(Element shared,
                            Element perNode)
        Description copied from class: AbstractXmlAdapter
        Create a set of configured objects from their XML description.
        Specified by:
        load in interface XmlAdapter
        Overrides:
        load in class AbstractXmlAdapter
        Parameters:
        shared - Top-level XML element containing the common, multi-node elements of the description
        perNode - Top-level XML element containing the private, single-node elements of the description
        Returns:
        true if successful
      • loadLayoutBlocks

        public void loadLayoutBlocks​(Element layoutblocks)
        Utility method to load the individual LayoutBlock objects. If there's no additional info needed for a specific layoutblock type, invoke this with the parent of the set of layoutblock elements.
        Parameters:
        layoutblocks - Element containing the layoutblock elements to load.
      • replaceLayoutBlockManager

        protected void replaceLayoutBlockManager()
        Replace the current LayoutBlockManager, if there is one, with one newly created during a load operation. This is skipped if they are of the same absolute type.