org.netbeans.spi.dashboard

Interface DashboardDisplayer

All Superinterfaces:

Lookup.Provider

public interface DashboardDisplayer
extends Lookup.Provider

A DashboardDisplayer handles rendering and display of DashboardWidgets registered in a particular category. This module contains a default displayer to handle widgets registered in Dashboard/Main. Alternative displayer implementations may be registered in the default Lookup to override the default.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	DashboardDisplayer.Panel A panel implementation provides the link between a dashboard displayer and each display of a widget.
static class	DashboardDisplayer.WidgetReference A reference linking a widget to a particular display registration.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	show(String category, List<DashboardDisplayer.WidgetReference> widgets) Show the widgets from the provided category.

Methods inherited from interface org.openide.util.Lookup.Provider

getLookup

Method Detail

show

void show(String category,
          List<DashboardDisplayer.WidgetReference> widgets)

Show the widgets from the provided category. The category is provided for information purposes - the dashboard displayer is not responsible for loading widget references.

Parameters:

category - category being displayed

widgets - list of widget references