removing visplugin class dependency

* added method for fetching plugin visualizer
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fros4943 2008-12-16 15:07:14 +00:00
parent a5e3a34324
commit 55e5f12503

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@ -26,23 +26,34 @@
* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* $Id: Plugin.java,v 1.2 2007/01/10 14:57:42 fros4943 Exp $
* $Id: Plugin.java,v 1.3 2008/12/16 15:07:14 fros4943 Exp $
*/
package se.sics.cooja;
import java.util.Collection;
import javax.swing.JInternalFrame;
import org.jdom.Element;
/**
* Main interface for a COOJA interaction plugin. The typical interaction plugin
* is a visualization plugin, see abstract VisPlugin for more information.
*
* COOJA plugin. For graphical plugins, extend abstract class VisPlugin.
* A plugin should also use ClassDecription and PluginType.
*
* @see se.sics.cooja.ClassDescription
* @see se.sics.cooja.PluginType
* @see se.sics.cooja.VisPlugin
*
* @author Fredrik Osterlind
*/
public interface Plugin {
/**
* Graphical component of plugin (if any)
*/
public JInternalFrame getGUI();
/**
* This method is called when an opened plugin is about to close.
* It should release any resources such as registered observers or
@ -53,7 +64,7 @@ public interface Plugin {
/**
* This method is used by the simulator for book-keeping purposes, and should
* normally not be called by the plugin itself.
*
*
* @param tag
* Object
*/
@ -62,7 +73,7 @@ public interface Plugin {
/**
* This method is used by the simulator for book-keeping purposes, and should
* normally not be called by the plugin itself.
*
*
* @return Object
*/
public Object getTag();
@ -74,7 +85,7 @@ public interface Plugin {
* position. This method should however not return state specific information
* such as the value of a mote LED, or total number of motes. (All nodes are
* restarted when loading a simulation.)
*
*
* @see #setConfigXML(Collection, boolean)
* @return XML elements representing the current radio medium config
*/
@ -82,7 +93,7 @@ public interface Plugin {
/**
* Sets the current plugin config depending on the given XML elements.
*
*
* @see #getConfigXML()
* @param configXML
* Config XML elements