org.cytoscape.work.properties

Interface TunablePropertyHandler

All Superinterfaces:

TunableHandler

public interface TunablePropertyHandler
extends TunableHandler

An extension of TunableHandler with added functionality to support converting to/from a String.

Module: work-api

To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>work-api</artifactId>
</dependency>

Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (SPI Interface): We expect that this interface will be implemented. Therefore to maintain backwards compatibility this interface will only be modified for major version updates.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default void	handle() Typically don't need to implement this method, default implementation is empty.
void	parseAndSetValue(String propertyValue) Converts the String representation to an object or primitive value and sets the tunable.
String	toPropertyValue() Converts the value of the tunable to a String.

Methods inherited from interface org.cytoscape.work.TunableHandler

controlsMutuallyExclusiveNestedChildren, dependsOn, getChildKey, getDescription, getExampleStringValue, getGroups, getLongDescription, getName, getParams, getQualifiedName, getType, getValue, listenForChange, setValue

Method Detail

toPropertyValue

String toPropertyValue()

Converts the value of the tunable to a String.

Returns:

String representation of the tunable value.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If there is a problem accessing the tunable value.

parseAndSetValue

void parseAndSetValue(String propertyValue)

Converts the String representation to an object or primitive value and sets the tunable.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If there is a problem setting the tunable value.

handle

default void handle()

Typically don't need to implement this method, default implementation is empty.

Specified by:

handle in interface TunableHandler