org.gephi.perspective.spi

Interface Perspective

public interface Perspective

Define a group of components which are showed in the banner. Overview, Data Laboratory and Preview are perspectives.

Create a new Perspective

1. Create a new module and set Perspective API, and Lookup API as dependencies.
2. Create a new implementation of perspective and fill methods.
3. Add @ServiceProvider annotation to your class to be found by the system, like @ServiceProvider(service = Perspective.class, position = 500).
4. Set the position to define the order of appearance, Overview is 100, Preview is 300.

Author:

Mathieu Bastian

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDisplayName() Return the name to display in the user interface.
Icon	getIcon() Return the icon of the perspective.
String	getName() Return a unique identifier for this perspective.

Method Detail

getDisplayName

String getDisplayName()

Return the name to display in the user interface.

Returns:

the perspective display name

getName

String getName()

Return a unique identifier for this perspective.

Returns:

the name of the perspective

getIcon

Icon getIcon()

Return the icon of the perspective.

Returns:

the perspective's icon, or null