Graphical User Interface Beans and Interactors

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Graphical User Interface Beans and Interactors

JViews Maps provides a number of Graphical User Interface (GUI) JavaBeans components that you can use to build your own application. These components are either Bean-like or interactor-like.

Bean-like components are the standard "bricks" from which the main application window should be composed. These components are ready to put into an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which means that you can import and use them in any JavaBeans IDE compliant editor without writing a single line of code. The Beans included in the JViews Maps package provide the basic features with which to view and navigate through a map.

Interactor-like components are usually associated with action buttons on the toolbar and trigger an action when you interact with the view (for example, putting additional data on the map or creating additional Beans).

For more information about Beans and interactors, see Using the GUI Beans and Map GUI Interactors.

For more information about how to use the Beans in an IDE, see Creating a Simple Applet Using ILOG JViews Beans in The Essential JViews Framework.

The Beans and interactors are listed in Table 1.11.

Table 1.11 GUI Beans and Interactors

Package\Bean	Class	Description
ilog.views.maps.beans
Map Overview	IlvJOverview	Displays an overview of a map in a manager view.
Area of Interest Panel	IlvJAreaOfInterestPanel	Displays selected areas of a map of particular interest, which you can select and redisplay.
Scale Bar	IlvJAutomaticScaleBar	Displays the black and yellow scale bars below a manager view.
Scale Control Bar	IlvJMapScaleControl	Controls the numerical value of the map scale, for example: 1/100,000.
Zoom Control Panel	IlvJAdvancedZoomControl	Displays a slider type zoom control in the Overview Panel.
Legend Panel	IlvMapLegendPanel	Displays a list of map elements and an explanation of what each element represents.
Coordinate System Editor Panel	IlvJCoordinateSystemEditorPanel	Displays a panel for viewing and editing coordinate systems.
Display Preferences Editor Panel	IlvJDisplayPreferencesEditorPanel	Displays a panel for viewing and editing Bean preferences such as the scale bar and coordinate viewer.
Coordinate Viewer	IlvJMouseCoordinateViewer	Displays the mouse coordinates when the mouse is on top of a manager view displaying a map.
Map Layer Tree Panel	IlvLayerTreePanel	Displays a panel for editing a map layer tree.
Data Source Tree	IlvDataSourcePanel	Displays a set of data sources as a tree.
Compass	IlvJCompass	Displays a compass that shows the direction of the geographic or cartographic north of a map displayed in a manager view.
Annotation toolbar	IlvMapAnnotationToolBar	Displays a toolbar which allows the creation of map annotations.
Maps toolbar	IlvJMapsManagerViewControlBar	Displays a customizable toolbar for maps applications.
ilog.views.swing
Toolbar	IlvJManagerViewControlBar	Displays a customizable toolbar to which buttons can be added.
Multithread Monitor	IlvThreadedActivityMonitorPanel	Displays the progress of managed, multiple threaded activities.
ilog.views.maps.projection
Alpha Property Editor	IlvAlphaPropertyEditor	Enables editing of layer transparency.
Color Model Property Editor	IlvColorModelPropertyEditor	Displays a color model property editor.
Percent Property Editor	IlvPercentPropertyEditor	Controls the brightness, saturation, and contrast of a map.
Latitude Editor	IlvLatitudeEditor	Displays an editor for editing latitude values in degrees, minutes and seconds.
Longitude Editor	IlvLongitudeEditor	Displays an editor for editing longitude values in degrees, minutes and seconds.
Coordinate Panel Factory	IlvCoordinatePanelFactory	Generates a GUI that enables selection of a rectangle or point on a map.
ilog.views.maps.propertysheet
Map Style Property Sheet	IlvMapStylePropertySheet	Provides editing support for the map layer properties.
ilog.views.maps.interactor
Map Pan	IIlvMapPanInteractor	Drags the map around the manager view to the position required.
Zoom Rectangle	IIlvMapZoomInteractor	Zooms in on an area of a map contained within a rectangle drawn by the user.
Manager View Rotate Interactor	IlvManagerViewRotateInteractor	Enables interactive rotation of a view.
Magnify Interactor	IlvMagnifyInteractor	Magnifies part of a manager view when the mouse is dragged over it.
Continuous Zoom Interactor	IlvContinuousZoomInteractor	Zooms in and out continuously while the mouse is pressed.
See Through Interactor	IlvSeeThroughInteractor	See through some layers interactively.
ilog.views.maps.measures
Distance Measuring	IIlvMakeMeasureInteractor	Displays a line drawn on a map. The line is the shortest path between 2 points on the surface of the earth (orthodromy).

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