ObjectContentHandler (adams-pom 24.12.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

ContentHandler, Destroyable, OptionHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractObjectContentHandler, ObjectAnnotationsReportHandler, PlainTextHandler, ReportHandler
```
public interface ObjectContentHandler
extends ContentHandler
```
Interface for content handlers that can generate previews from objects as well, not just files.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface adams.gui.tools.previewbrowser.ContentHandler
  MATCH_ALL

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canHandle(Class cls)`	Checks whether the class is handled by this content handler.
`boolean`	`canHandle(Object obj)`	Checks whether the object is handled by this content handler.
`PreviewPanel`	`createPreview(Object obj)`	Creates the actual preview.
`PreviewPanel`	`getPreview(Object obj)`	Returns the preview for the specified object.
`PreviewPanel`	`reusePreview(Object obj, PreviewPanel lastPreview)`	Reuses the last preview, if possible.

Methods inherited from interface adams.gui.tools.previewbrowser.ContentHandler
createPreview, getExtensions, getPreview, reusePreview

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Destroyable
destroy

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler
cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager, toCommandLine

- Method Detail
  - canHandle
```
boolean canHandle(Object obj)
```
    Checks whether the object is handled by this content handler.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the object to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if handled
  - canHandle
```
boolean canHandle(Class cls)
```
    Checks whether the class is handled by this content handler.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cls - the class to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if handled
  - reusePreview
```
PreviewPanel reusePreview(Object obj,
                          PreviewPanel lastPreview)
```
    Reuses the last preview, if possible.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the object to create the view for
    
    Returns:
    
    the preview
  - createPreview
```
PreviewPanel createPreview(Object obj)
```
    Creates the actual preview.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the object to create the view for
    
    Returns:
    
    the preview
  - getPreview
```
PreviewPanel getPreview(Object obj)
```
    Returns the preview for the specified object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the object to create the view for
    
    Returns:
    
    the preview, NoPreviewAvailablePanel in case of an error
    
    See Also:
    
    NoPreviewAvailablePanel