The graphic representation of a card carrier is based on the information that is available in the business model. Each decoration that is created depends on an attribute and on properties that can be customized through CSS. The following image shows a card carrier with the following attribute set:

This section contains information on:

Customizing Card Carrier Representations

Customizing Card Carrier States and Alarms

Customizing Card Carrier Names

By default, card carriers do not display their names when represented in the network and equipment components.

Customizing Card Carrier Types

In JViews TGO, the card carrier type attribute defines how the object base is represented. Each card carrier type is associated with a specific base renderer that is in charge of drawing the object according to its type and state information.

How to Create and Register a Card Carrier Type (using the API)

IltCardCarrier.Type MyType = new IltCardCarrier.Type("CCType");
IltSettings.SetValue("CardCarrier.Type.CCType.Renderer", 
                     new IltBaseRendererFactory() {
                       public IltBaseRenderer createValue() {
                         return new MyCCTypeBaseRenderer();
                       }
                     });

The resources that apply to card carrier types are identified as:

You can edit the values directly in the JViews TGO resource bundle files.

When you create new card carrier types, the label and tooltip information will also be retrieved from this resource bundle to be displayed, for example, in a table cell. As you declare new card carrier types, register the corresponding entries into the resource bundle file, as follows:

Considering that you have created the following new card carrier type:

IltCardCarrier.Type MyType = new IltCardCarrier.Type("CCType");

You should declare the following properties in the JTGOMessages.properties file:

How to Create and Register a Card Carrier Type (using CSS)

setting."ilog.tgo.model.IltCardCarrier"{
   types[0]: @+cardCarrierType0;
}
Subobject#cardCarrierType0 {
  class: 'ilog.tgo.model.IltCardCarrier.Type'; 
  name: "CCType";
}

Likewise, you can customize the renderer using global CSS settings. To do so, you need to specify the full path to the object to be customized, as well as the value of its name attribute in order to match the right type of object in the system. The CSS property to customize here is renderer. In the example below, the name of the renderer factory class that is included in the search path is MyCardCarrierRendererFactory.

setting."ilog.tgo.model.IltCardCarrier.Type"[name="CCType"] {
   renderer: @+cardCarrierRendererFactory;
}
Subobject#cardCarrierRendererFactory {
   class: 'MyCardCarrierRendererFactory';
}

Customizing Card Carrier Tiny Types

Besides the graphic representation in the network and equipment components, the card carrier objects can be represented as tiny objects in the tree and table components.

How to Modify a Card Carrier Tiny Representation (using the API)

IltCardCarrier.Type MyType = new IltCardCarrier.Type("CCType");
IltSettings.SetValue("CardCarrier.TinyType.MyType.Renderer", 
                     new IltTinyImageBaseRendererFactory(YOUR_IMAGE, YOUR_IMAGE_PARAMETERS));

How to Modify a Card Carrier Tiny Representation (using CSS)

You can customize the renderer using global CSS settings. The CSS property to customize here is tinyRenderer. In the example below, the name of the renderer factory class that is included in the search path is MyCardCarrierTinyRendererFactory.

setting."ilog.tgo.model.IltCardCarrier.Type"[name="CCType"] {
   tinyRenderer: @+cardCarrierTinyRendererFactory0;
}
Subobject#CardCarrierTinyRendererFactory0 {
   class: 'MyCardCarrierTinyRendererFactory';
}