net.sourceforge.nite.corpus
Interface CorpusTool

All Known Implementing Classes:

OntologyTool

public interface CorpusTool

Interface to be instantated by all tools that can perform editing or management style tasks at a corpus-wide level. NOT intended for annotation tools! Each CorpusTool must publish a JPanel containing its interface and declare whether any changes need to be saved as well as providing a method to do its own saving.

Method Summary

void	applyChanges() apply the changes to the corpus
java.lang.String	getDescription() get a short textual description of this app
java.lang.String	getName() get the (one word) name of this app for naming a tab
javax.swing.JPanel	getPanel(NMetaData metadata) provide the interface for this tool
java.lang.String	getToolTip() get a handy tip to associate with this app
boolean	requiresSave() return true if outstanding changes are still to be committed

Method Detail

getPanel

javax.swing.JPanel getPanel(NMetaData metadata)

provide the interface for this tool

requiresSave

boolean requiresSave()

return true if outstanding changes are still to be committed

applyChanges

void applyChanges()

apply the changes to the corpus

getToolTip

java.lang.String getToolTip()

get a handy tip to associate with this app

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

get a short textual description of this app

getName

java.lang.String getName()

get the (one word) name of this app for naming a tab