Managers

Describes how to coordinate a large quantity of graphic objects through the use of a manager, that is, through the IlvManager class and its associated classes.

• A manager

Describes what a manager is with a diagram.

• A manager view

Explains the purpose of a manager view and how it operates.

• Layers

Explains the purpose of layers and how they operate.

• Handling input events: interactors and accelerators

Describes how all input events are handled by means of an interactor or an accelerator.

• Input/output

Describes the set of methods for writing graphic object descriptions to a file and reading them to a file.

• Class diagram for IlvManager

Describes the relationships between the main manager classes with a class diagram.

• Multiple manager views

Explains the purpose of multiple manager views and how to create them.

• Binding views to a manager

Describes how to use manager views.

• Managing layers

Explains how to use layers.

• Managing graphic objects

Describes how to assign graphic objects to a manager.

• Selection in a manager

Describes how to select objects through the manager and display them as selected.

• Hover highlighting in a manager

Describes how to use hover highlighting in a top-level manager.

• Blinking of graphic objects

Describes the three types of blinking mode supported by JViews.

• Managing input events

Describes how to handle input events using an interactor on the view or on a graphic object.

• Saving and reading

Describes the facilities for saving and loading the contents of a manager.

• File formats

Describes the file formats supported by JViews Framework.

• Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)

Describes how to use and customize DXF.