Framework classes available as JavaBeans
The JViews Framework provides the following groups of beans:
These beans are classes of the JViews library. The details of these classes are explained throughout this manual as well as in the JViews Framework Reference Manual. These beans are listed below along with their icons that are displayed on the toolbar.
Either the small icon or the large icon is displayed depending on the IDE you use.
JViews main data structure beans
The IlvManager bean, the data structure that stores the graphic objects. In this bean, you can specify the initial .ivl file to be loaded.
The IlvGrapher bean, which organizes the graphic objects into nodes and links of a network.
JViews main GUI components
All the JViews GUI components needed to create an AWT or Swing application are available as JavaBeans™:
The IlvManager bean, the visual bean that displays the content of a manager bean.
The IlvJScrollManagerView bean, a Swing-based bean that adds the scrolling functionality to IlvManagerView objects.
The IlvScrollManagerView bean, the AWT version of the IlvJScrollManagerView.
The IlvManagerViewPanel bean, an AWT component designed to contain an IlvManagerView bean and to manage the double-buffering mechanism of the manager view. This bean is necessary only to create AWT applications using double-buffering.
The IlvGrid bean, the magnetic grid that can be installed on any IlvManagerView bean.
Predefined interactors
The predefined interactors provided as JavaBeans™ are given below:
The IlvManagerViewInteractor bean, an interactor bean that has no predefined interaction. You can create your own interaction by binding the different input events (mouse, keyboard) sent by this bean.
The IlvManagerViewInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to select a rectangle of a manager view to be zoomed in.
The IlvSelectInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to select and edit the graphic objects of a manager.
The IlvPanInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to pan the view of a manager.
The IlvRotateInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to rotate objects in a manager.
The IlvManagerMagViewInteractor bean, an interactor that controls the panning and zooming of a target view by manipulating a control rectangle on the view.
The IlvDragRectangleInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to drag a rectangle on a view. You can perform any type of action when the rectangle is dragged by binding the RectangleDragged event.
The IlvMakeRectangleInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to create any type of rectangular object in a manager.
The IlvMakePolyPointsInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to create any type of graphic object defined by a set of points, such as a polyline or spline.
The IlvEditLabelInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to create and edit a graphic object that contains a label.
The IlvMakeLinkInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to create a link in a grapher.
The IlvMagnifyInteractor bean, an interactor that allows the user to move a lens over the view of a manager to magnify the objects under it.
GUI convenience components
The IlvJManagerViewControlBar bean, a Swing toolbar that allows the user to perform selection, zoom, and pan operations on an IlvManagerView bean.
The IlvManagerViewControlBar bean, an AWT version of the IlvJManagerViewControlBar bean.