IlvTileController (Rogue Wave JViews Framework 8.10 API)

java.lang.Object
- ilog.views.tiling.IlvTileController

All Implemented Interfaces:

IlvPersistentObject
```
public class IlvTileController
extends Object
implements IlvPersistentObject
```
This class manages the load-on-demand mechanism. This mechanism works on tiles that represent rectangular parts of the drawing space. Each time a tile becomes visible in a view of the manager to which it is attached, the tile controller notifies a loader (called tile loader) to load the data attached to this tile. A cache releases the invisible tiles (called the cached tiles) when it is necessary to free memory.
The tile controller has two modes: indexed mode and free mode.
- In indexed mode, the space is divided into a number of identical rectangular tile areas. The individual tiles can be accessed by row and column index. The tiles are allocated automatically when needed.
- In free mode, the tiles must be provided to the controller via addTile(ilog.views.tiling.IlvFreeTile). There can be gaps between the tiles and tiles can overlap. The row and column index of the tile doesn't play a role in this mode. The controller does not allocate tiles automatically but merely manages the loading of the contents of a tile when the tile becomes visible.
A predefined class called IlvTiledLayer implements this mechanism to dynamically load graphic objects when they become visible in a view. Using an IlvTiledLayer does not always require direct use of its tile controller, unless a fine control is needed.
Since:

Rogue Wave JViews 3.0

See Also:

IlvTiledLayer

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`FREE` The free mode of the tile controller: the tiles must be provided to the controller via `addTile(ilog.views.tiling.IlvFreeTile)`.
`static int`	`INDEXED` The indexed mode of the tile controller: the space is divided into a number of identical rectangular tile areas.
`static int`	`LEFT_COLUMN_INDEX` The index that contains the rank of the column farthest to the left in the array of integers returned by `getTileIndexes`.
`static int`	`LOWER_ROW_INDEX` The index that contains the rank of the lower row in the array of integers returned by `getTileIndexes`.
`static int`	`RIGHT_COLUMN_INDEX` The index that contains the rank of the column farthest to the right in the array of integers returned by `getTileIndexes`.
`static int`	`UPPER_ROW_INDEX` The index that contains the rank of the upper row in the array of integers returned by `getTileIndexes`.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`IlvTileController(IlvInputStream stream)` Reads the tile controller from an `IlvInputStream`.
`IlvTileController(IlvManager manager)` Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager.
`IlvTileController(IlvManager manager, IlvRect tileOrigin)` Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager.
`IlvTileController(IlvManager manager, IlvRect tileOrigin, IlvTileCache cache)` Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager and specifies the cache.
`IlvTileController(IlvManager manager, IlvTileCache cache)` Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager and specifies the cache.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`addTile(IlvFreeTile tile)` Adds a free tile to this tile controller.
`void`	`addTileListener(TileListener listener)` Adds a listener that will be notified of the changes in the tile status.
`void`	`dispose()` Stops the load-on-demand mechanism.
`IlvTileCache`	`getCache()` Returns the cache that manages the cached tiles of the controller.
`Collection`	`getIntersectingTiles(IlvRect rect)` Gets all tiles intersecting the specified rectangle.
`IlvTiledLayer`	`getLayer()` Returns the layer if the tile controller is the tile controller of an `IlvTiledLayer`.
`IlvTileLockFilter`	`getLockFilter()` Returns the lock filter of the controller.
`IlvManager`	`getManager()` Returns the manager of the tile controller.
`int`	`getMode()` Returns the mode of the controller.
`IlvRect`	`getSize()` Returns the specified size of the tile controller if it has been specified.
`IlvTile`	`getTile(int column, int row)` Returns the specified tile or `null` if the tile is neither loaded nor cached.
`int[]`	`getTileIndexes(IlvRect rect)` Returns the indexes of the tiles intersecting `rect` (`rect` is expressed in the manager coordinate system).
`IlvTileLoader`	`getTileLoader()` Returns the tile loader of the controller.
`IlvRect`	`getTileOrigin()` Returns the bounding box of the tile (0, 0).
`Collection`	`getTiles()` Returns a collection of all tiles managed by this controller.
`void`	`ignoreView(IlvManagerView view, boolean ignore)` Specifies to the tile loader to never load a tile if it is visible in the specified view.
`boolean`	`isIgnoringView(IlvManagerView view)` Returns `true` if the view is ignored by the tile controller.
`boolean`	`isPrintingErrors()` Returns whether this tile controller is printing the errors occurring while loading a tile.
`boolean`	`isUnlockFilteredTiles()` Indicates if unlocking locked filtered tiles is allowed or not.
`void`	`lockTile(IlvTile tile, Object source)` Loads the specified tile.
`void`	`lockTile(int column, int row, Object source)` Loads the specified tile.
`void`	`removeAllFreeTiles()` Removes all the free tiles.
`void`	`removeTileListener(TileListener listener)` Removes the listener from the tile controller.
`void`	`setLockFilter(IlvTileLockFilter lockFilter)` Sets a filter that allows a view to lock tiles.
`void`	`setPrintingErrors(boolean print)` Specifies whether this tile controller should print all errors occurring while loading a tile.
`void`	`setSize(IlvRect rect)` Specifies the area in which the tiles are contained.
`void`	`setTileLoader(IlvTileLoader tileLoader)` Sets the tile loader of the controller.
`void`	`setUnlockFilteredTiles(boolean unlockFilteredTiles)` Allows or avoids to unlock filtered tiles which are already locked but which are not anymore lockable.
`void`	`tileBBox(int column, int row, IlvRect result)` Computes the bounding box of the specified tile and sets it to `result`.
`boolean`	`unlockTile(int row, int column, Object source)` Removes the lock of the specified tile for the source object.
`void`	`unlockTiles(Object source)` Unlocks all the tiles that have been locked by the specified object.
`void`	`updateView(IlvManagerView view)` Updates a view and loads the required tiles.
`void`	`write(IlvOutputStream stream)` Writes the tile controller to an `IlvOutputStream`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - INDEXED
```
public static final int INDEXED
```
    The indexed mode of the tile controller: the space is divided into a number of identical rectangular tile areas. The individual tiles can be accessed by row and column index. The tiles are allocated automatically when needed.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
    
    See Also:
    
    getMode(), Constant Field Values
  - FREE
```
public static final int FREE
```
    The free mode of the tile controller: the tiles must be provided to the controller via addTile(ilog.views.tiling.IlvFreeTile). There can be gaps between the tiles and tiles can overlap. The row and column index of the tile doesn't play a role in this mode.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
    
    See Also:
    
    getMode(), Constant Field Values
  - LEFT_COLUMN_INDEX
```
public static final int LEFT_COLUMN_INDEX
```
    The index that contains the rank of the column farthest to the left in the array of integers returned by getTileIndexes.
    
    See Also:
    
    getTileIndexes(ilog.views.IlvRect), Constant Field Values
  - RIGHT_COLUMN_INDEX
```
public static final int RIGHT_COLUMN_INDEX
```
    The index that contains the rank of the column farthest to the right in the array of integers returned by getTileIndexes.
    
    See Also:
    
    getTileIndexes(ilog.views.IlvRect), Constant Field Values
  - UPPER_ROW_INDEX
```
public static final int UPPER_ROW_INDEX
```
    The index that contains the rank of the upper row in the array of integers returned by getTileIndexes.
    
    See Also:
    
    getTileIndexes(ilog.views.IlvRect), Constant Field Values
  - LOWER_ROW_INDEX
```
public static final int LOWER_ROW_INDEX
```
    The index that contains the rank of the lower row in the array of integers returned by getTileIndexes.
    
    See Also:
    
    getTileIndexes(ilog.views.IlvRect), Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - IlvTileController
```
public IlvTileController(IlvManager manager,
                         IlvRect tileOrigin)
```
    Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager. The tile controller will manage the loading and caching of tiles depending on what is visible in the views of the manager. This tile controller uses the indexed mode.
    
    Parameters:
    
    manager - The manager
    
    tileOrigin - The position of the tile of row 0 and column 0
    
    See Also:
    
    getMode()
  - IlvTileController
```
public IlvTileController(IlvManager manager,
                         IlvRect tileOrigin,
                         IlvTileCache cache)
```
    Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager and specifies the cache. The tile controller will manage the loading and caching of tiles depending on what is visible in the views of the manager. This tile controller uses the indexed mode.
    
    Parameters:
    
    manager - The manager
    
    tileOrigin - The position of the tile of row 0 and column 0
    
    cache - The tile cache that will manage the tiles cached by this controller. A cache can be shared by several tile controllers or tiled layers.
    
    See Also:
    
    getMode()
  - IlvTileController
```
public IlvTileController(IlvManager manager)
```
    Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager. The tile controller will manage the loading and caching of tiles depending on what is visible in the views of the manager. This tile controller uses the free mode.
    
    Parameters:
    
    manager - The manager
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - IlvTileController
```
public IlvTileController(IlvManager manager,
                         IlvTileCache cache)
```
    Creates an instance of a tile controller for the manager and specifies the cache. The tile controller will manage the loading and caching of tiles depending on what is visible in the views of the manager. This tile controller uses the free mode.
    
    Parameters:
    
    manager - The manager
    
    cache - The tile cache that will manage the tiles cached by this controller. A cache can be shared by several tile controllers or tiled layers.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - IlvTileController
```
public IlvTileController(IlvInputStream stream)
                  throws IlvReadFileException
```
    Reads the tile controller from an IlvInputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    stream - The input stream
    
    Throws:
    
    IlvReadFileException - if the format is not correct.
- Method Detail
  - getMode
```
public int getMode()
```
    Returns the mode of the controller. The mode of the controller depends on which constructor was used to create the controller. The options are:
    - INDEXED - the space is divided into a number of identical rectangular tile areas. The individual tiles can be accessed by row and column index. The tiles are allocated automatically when needed.
    - FREE - the tiles must be provided to the controller via addTile(ilog.views.tiling.IlvFreeTile). There can be gaps between the tiles and tiles can overlap. The row and column index of the tile doesn't play a role in this mode. The controller does not allocate tiles automatically but merely manages the loading of the contents of a tile when the tile becomes visible.
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - setLockFilter
```
public void setLockFilter(IlvTileLockFilter lockFilter)
```
    Sets a filter that allows a view to lock tiles. If null is provided, tiles can be locked by any view where they become visible.
  - getLockFilter
```
public IlvTileLockFilter getLockFilter()
```
    Returns the lock filter of the controller. If a tile filter is set to the tile controller, it will be called to potentially veto any tile lock triggered by an event in a view (scrolling, zooming, resizing and so on).
    If no lock filter has been attached to the tile controller, the method returns null.
  - setPrintingErrors
```
public void setPrintingErrors(boolean print)
```
    Specifies whether this tile controller should print all errors occurring while loading a tile.
  - isPrintingErrors
```
public boolean isPrintingErrors()
```
    Returns whether this tile controller is printing the errors occurring while loading a tile.
  - setSize
```
public void setSize(IlvRect rect)
```
    Specifies the area in which the tiles are contained. If the rect parameter is set to null, there is no limit to the tiling grid. Only in indexed mode, setting the size has an effect. In free mode, the size is always calculated from the tiles added to the controller.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rect - The area in which the tiles are contained.
  - getSize
```
public IlvRect getSize()
```
    Returns the specified size of the tile controller if it has been specified.
  - getTileIndexes
```
public int[] getTileIndexes(IlvRect rect)
```
    Returns the indexes of the tiles intersecting rect (rect is expressed in the manager coordinate system).
    The following example prints the list of tiles that are visible in a rectangle.
```
 int indexes[] = 
       tileController.getTileIndexes(new IlvRect(0, 0, 100, 100));
 int left = indexes[IlvTileController.LEFT_COLUMN_INDEX];
 int right = indexes[IlvTileController.RIGHT_COLUMN_INDEX];
 int top = indexes[IlvTileController.UPPER_ROW_INDEX];
 int bottom = indexes[IlvTileController.LOWER_ROW_INDEX];
 for (int i = left; i < right; i++)
   for (int j = top; j < bottom; j++)
     System.out.println("Tile " + i + "," + j +
                            " intersects the rectangle");
 
```
    Parameters:
    
    rect - The rectangle expressed in the manager coordinate system
    
    Returns:
    
    an array of int where result[LEFT_COLUMN_INDEX] is the index of the left column, result[RIGHT_COLUMN_INDEX] is the index of the right column, result[UPPER_ROW_INDEX] is the index of the upper row, result[LOWER_ROW_INDEX] is the index of the lower row.
    
    See Also:
    
    LEFT_COLUMN_INDEX, RIGHT_COLUMN_INDEX, UPPER_ROW_INDEX, LOWER_ROW_INDEX
  - getTileOrigin
```
public IlvRect getTileOrigin()
```
    Returns the bounding box of the tile (0, 0).
  - tileBBox
```
public void tileBBox(int column,
                     int row,
                     IlvRect result)
```
    Computes the bounding box of the specified tile and sets it to result.
    
    Parameters:
    
    column - The column of the tile
    
    row - The row of the tile
    
    result - A rectangle that will contain the result
  - getTile
```
public IlvTile getTile(int column,
                       int row)
```
    Returns the specified tile or null if the tile is neither loaded nor cached.
  - lockTile
```
public void lockTile(int column,
                     int row,
                     Object source)
```
    Loads the specified tile. If the tile is locked for the first time, it will be loaded. When a tile is no longer locked, it is cached. Tiles are automatically locked if they are visible in a view of the manager (unless the lock was vetoed by a lock filter, or the view is ignored). This method can be called by the application to force the loading of a specific tile, even if it is not yet visible, or to prevent it from being disposed of.
    
    Parameters:
    
    column - The column of the tile
    
    row - The row of the tile
    
    source - The object that locks the tile
  - getIntersectingTiles
```
public Collection getIntersectingTiles(IlvRect rect)
```
    Gets all tiles intersecting the specified rectangle.
    
    Returns:
    
    A vector of tiles.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - getTiles
```
public Collection getTiles()
```
    Returns a collection of all tiles managed by this controller. In free mode, this method returns the tiles that have been added to the controller. In indexed mode, this method return null.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - addTile
```
public void addTile(IlvFreeTile tile)
```
    Adds a free tile to this tile controller. This can only be used in free mode. All tiles must be added to the controller in free mode before the controller can manage the tiles.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tile - The tile to add.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - lockTile
```
public void lockTile(IlvTile tile,
                     Object source)
```
    Loads the specified tile. If the tile is locked for the first time, it will be loaded. When a tile is no longer locked, it is cached. Tiles are automatically locked if they are visible in a view of the manager (unless the lock was vetoed by a lock filter, or the view is ignored). This method can be called by the application to force the loading of a specific tile, even if it is not yet visible, or to prevent it from being disposed of.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tile - The tile.
    
    source - The object that locks the tile.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - getCache
```
public IlvTileCache getCache()
```
    Returns the cache that manages the cached tiles of the controller.
  - getManager
```
public final IlvManager getManager()
```
    Returns the manager of the tile controller.
  - ignoreView
```
public void ignoreView(IlvManagerView view,
                       boolean ignore)
```
    Specifies to the tile loader to never load a tile if it is visible in the specified view. This can be used, for example, to avoid loading tiles that become visible in an overview. It is recommended to call updateView(ilog.views.IlvManagerView) explicitly after you enable or disable the ignoring of a view.
    
    Parameters:
    
    view - The view to ignore
    
    ignore - If set to true, the view will be ignored, otherwise, the events in the view will be processed normally
  - isIgnoringView
```
public boolean isIgnoringView(IlvManagerView view)
```
    Returns true if the view is ignored by the tile controller.
    
    Parameters:
    
    view - The view
  - unlockTiles
```
public void unlockTiles(Object source)
```
    Unlocks all the tiles that have been locked by the specified object. If a tile no longer has a lock, it is cached.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - The object that locked the tiles
    
    See Also:
    
    lockTile(int, int, java.lang.Object)
  - unlockTile
```
public boolean unlockTile(int row,
                          int column,
                          Object source)
```
    Removes the lock of the specified tile for the source object. If a tile no longer has a lock, it is cached. This method is automatically called if a tile becomes invisible in a view of the manager. It can be used by the application to remove the locks that it has placed using the lockTile method.
    
    Parameters:
    
    row - The row of the tile to unlock
    
    column - The column of the tile to unlock
    
    source - The object that locked the tiles
    
    See Also:
    
    lockTile(int, int, java.lang.Object)
  - updateView
```
public void updateView(IlvManagerView view)
```
    Updates a view and loads the required tiles. It can be used, for example, to reactivate a view that was ignored until then by the load-on-demand mechanism.
    
    Parameters:
    
    view - The manager view to update
  - getLayer
```
public IlvTiledLayer getLayer()
```
    Returns the layer if the tile controller is the tile controller of an IlvTiledLayer.
  - addTileListener
```
public void addTileListener(TileListener listener)
```
    Adds a listener that will be notified of the changes in the tile status.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - The tile listener to add
  - removeTileListener
```
public void removeTileListener(TileListener listener)
```
    Removes the listener from the tile controller.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - The listener to remove
  - getTileLoader
```
public final IlvTileLoader getTileLoader()
```
    Returns the tile loader of the controller.
  - setTileLoader
```
public void setTileLoader(IlvTileLoader tileLoader)
```
    Sets the tile loader of the controller.
  - write
```
public void write(IlvOutputStream stream)
           throws IOException
```
    Writes the tile controller to an IlvOutputStream.
    
    Specified by:
    
    write in interface IlvPersistentObject
    
    Parameters:
    
    stream - the output stream
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an error occurs while saving.
  - dispose
```
public void dispose()
```
    Stops the load-on-demand mechanism.
  - isUnlockFilteredTiles
```
public boolean isUnlockFilteredTiles()
```
    Indicates if unlocking locked filtered tiles is allowed or not.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - setUnlockFilteredTiles
```
public void setUnlockFilteredTiles(boolean unlockFilteredTiles)
```
    Allows or avoids to unlock filtered tiles which are already locked but which are not anymore lockable.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5
  - removeAllFreeTiles
```
public void removeAllFreeTiles()
```
    Removes all the free tiles.
    
    Since:
    
    JViews 7.5

Class IlvTileController

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

INDEXED

FREE

LEFT_COLUMN_INDEX

RIGHT_COLUMN_INDEX

UPPER_ROW_INDEX

LOWER_ROW_INDEX

Constructor Detail

IlvTileController

IlvTileController

IlvTileController

IlvTileController

IlvTileController

Method Detail

getMode

setLockFilter

getLockFilter

setPrintingErrors

isPrintingErrors

setSize

getSize

getTileIndexes

getTileOrigin

tileBBox

getTile

lockTile

getIntersectingTiles

getTiles

addTile

lockTile

getCache

getManager

ignoreView

isIgnoringView

unlockTiles

unlockTile

updateView

getLayer

addTileListener

removeTileListener

getTileLoader

setTileLoader

write

dispose

isUnlockFilteredTiles

setUnlockFilteredTiles

removeAllFreeTiles