examples.socket.plugin
Class SocketDataPlugin

java.lang.Object
  jsynoptic.base.Plugin
      examples.socket.plugin.SocketDataPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataSourceProvider

public class SocketDataPlugin
extends Plugin
implements DataSourceProvider

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class jsynoptic.base.Plugin

EXPORT, IMPORT, OPEN, SAVE

Constructor Summary

SocketDataPlugin()
When this plugin is loaded, it adds a socket source collection to the application

Method Summary

java.lang.String	about() Enter your plugin information here.
java.lang.Object	getOptionalInformation(DataSource ds, DataSourceCollection dsc) Asks this provider some optional information about a datasource and possibly its collection.
DataSource	provide(java.lang.String id, java.lang.String dscId, java.lang.Object optionalInformation, DataSourcePool pool) Asks this provider to resolve a symbolic datasource reference.

Methods inherited from class jsynoptic.base.Plugin

addPluginHashMap, createShape, createSource, exit, getDataSourceIcons, getFileFilters, getHelp, getOptionPanelForFilter, getShapeName, getShapes, getShapesMap, getSources, getTemplates, load, newComponent, newDesktopComponent, newSourceComponent, newSourceComponent, processDataSourceCollection, processFile, processSynoptic, setMenu, setMenu, setToolBarItem

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SocketDataPlugin

public SocketDataPlugin()

When this plugin is loaded, it adds a socket source collection to the application

Method Detail

about

public java.lang.String about()

Enter your plugin information here. This will appear in the about box. Warning : uses HTML... @see jsynoptic.base.Plugin#about()

Overrides:

about in class Plugin

Returns:

the information about this plugin, including authors, license, etc..

getOptionalInformation

public java.lang.Object getOptionalInformation(DataSource ds,
                                               DataSourceCollection dsc)

Asks this provider some optional information about a datasource and possibly its collection.

Specified by:

getOptionalInformation in interface DataSourceProvider

Parameters:

ds - The datasource

dsc - The datasource collection, or null.

Returns:

null if this provider cannot provide optional information, an arbitrary object otherwise.

provide

public DataSource provide(java.lang.String id,
                          java.lang.String dscId,
                          java.lang.Object optionalInformation,
                          DataSourcePool pool)

Asks this provider to resolve a symbolic datasource reference.

Specified by:

provide in interface DataSourceProvider

Parameters:

id - The symbolic id of a datasource

dscId - The symbolic id of a datasourceCollection. May be null

optionalInformation - Can be set to help this provider. May be null

pool - DataSourcePool in which to add the source and collection if they can be provided. May be null.

Returns:

The desired datasource if it can be provided, or null.