Applies styles to IlvStylable objects. More...

#include <ilviews/base/stylist.h>

Inheritance diagram for IlvStylist:

Public Member Functions
IlBoolean	addStyleSheet (IlvStyleSheet *styleSheet)
	Associates a style sheet to this stylist. More...

virtual IlvStylist *	getParentStylist () const =0
	Returns the parent stylist. More...

IlBoolean	removeStyleSheet (IlvStyleSheet *styleSheet)
	Dissociates a style sheet from this stylist. More...

Detailed Description

Applies styles to IlvStylable objects.

Library: xviews or winviews or mviews (mutually exclusive)

A stylist is responsible for applying the styles that are stored in the style sheets attached to it to the stylable object it is in charge of.

See also: IlvStyleSheet, IlvStylable.

Member Function Documentation

§ addStyleSheet()

IlBoolean IlvStylist::addStyleSheet ( IlvStyleSheet * styleSheet )

Associates a style sheet to this stylist.

After a style sheet is attached to a stylist, it

Note that, when several style sheets are attached to a stylist, the new style sheet is the last to be queried for styles. Therefore, for this stylist, the styles it defines have a higher priority than the styles defined in the other attached style sheets.

Parameters

styleSheet The style sheet to attach to this stylist. If the style sheet is already attached to this stylist, this method does nothing.

Returns: IlTrue if the style sheet was attached succesfully, and IlFalse if a problem occured.

See also: removeStyleSheet().

§ getParentStylist()

virtual IlvStylist* IlvStylist::getParentStylist ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns the parent stylist.

Stylist hierarchy is how cascading styling is done: if no style apply for a given stylable in this stylist, the parent stylist will be queried, recursively until there is no parent stylist anymore.

Returns: The parent stylist or 0 if there is none.

Implemented in IlvDisplay.

§ removeStyleSheet()

IlBoolean IlvStylist::removeStyleSheet ( IlvStyleSheet * styleSheet )

Dissociates a style sheet from this stylist.

When a style sheet is removed from a stylist, its reference count is decremented and therefore may be deleted.