com.bbn.openmap.gui
Interface Tool

All Known Implementing Classes:

AmpLinkLayer, EditorLayer, IconFactoryTestingTool, OMToolComponent, OMToolSet, ScenarioGraphicLoader

public interface Tool

Represents an item on the ToolPanel. If the Tool is a PropertyConsumer and a property prefix is used, the prefix should be used as the key as it is supposed to be unique and can be used as a known discriminator.

Author:

john gash contributed to this notion of a Tool.

Method Summary

java.awt.Container	getFace() The retrieval tool's interface.
java.lang.String	getKey() The retrieval key for this tool.
void	setKey(java.lang.String aKey) Set the retrieval key for this tool.

Method Detail

getFace

public java.awt.Container getFace()

The retrieval tool's interface. This is added to the tool bar.

Returns:

String The key for this tool.

getKey

public java.lang.String getKey()

The retrieval key for this tool.

Returns:

String The key for this tool.

setKey

public void setKey(java.lang.String aKey)

Set the retrieval key for this tool.

Parameters:

aKey - The key for this tool.