Package adams.gui.visualization.container

Interface NamedContainerManagerWithUniqueNames<C extends AbstractContainer>

All Superinterfaces:

NamedContainerManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

TimeseriesContainerManager

public interface NamedContainerManagerWithUniqueNames<C extends AbstractContainer>
extends NamedContainerManager

Interface for container managers that ensure that the names of the containers are unique.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getUniqueName(HashSet<String> names, String name)	Creates a unique name from of the given one, if necessary, testing against the specified names.
C	updateName(C c, C old)	Updates the name of the container, i.e., gives it a unique name.

Methods inherited from interface adams.gui.visualization.container.NamedContainerManager

indexOf

Method Detail

getUniqueName

String getUniqueName(HashSet<String> names,
                     String name)

Creates a unique name from of the given one, if necessary, testing against the specified names.

Parameters:

names - the names to test uniqueness against

name - the name to make unique

Returns:

the unique name

updateName

C updateName(C c,
             C old)

Updates the name of the container, i.e., gives it a unique name.

Parameters:

c - the container to process

old - the old container this one is replacing, can be null

Returns:

the updated container (for convenience)