net.sf.mmm.client.ui.api.dialog

Interface Dialog

All Superinterfaces:

AbstractDialog, AttributeReadId<String>, AttributeReadTitle<String>, AttributeReadVisible

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMainDialogController, AbstractNavigationDialogController, AbstractPageDialogController, DialogController, RootDialogController

public interface Dialog
extends AbstractDialog

This is the interface for a dialog of the client application. It displays itself in the page of the main application window. It is a singleton instance that is addressed via a DialogPlace. A Dialog should NOT be mixed with a PopupDialog.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.client.ui.api.dialog.AbstractDialog

PATTERN_DIALOG_ID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getType() This method determines the type of this Dialog.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.client.ui.api.dialog.AbstractDialog

getId, getTitle, isVisible

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

This method determines the type of this Dialog. There are predefined TYPE_* constants for common types in DialogConstants. However, you can simply create additional custom types for your needs.

Returns:

the type of this Dialog.

See Also:

DialogConstants.TYPE_MAIN, DialogConstants.TYPE_HEADER, DialogConstants.TYPE_FOOTER, DialogConstants.TYPE_NAVIGATION, DialogConstants.TYPE_SIDE, DialogConstants.TYPE_ROOT