org.wilmascope.forcelayout
Class ForceManager

java.lang.Object
  org.wilmascope.forcelayout.ForceManager

public class ForceManager
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides a manager or registry of all the available forces which can be added to an instance of ForceLayout. This class implements the Singleton design pattern (Gamma et al.) such that there can only ever be one instance in the system and a reference to that instance can be obtained by calling the static {link #getInstance()} method from anywhere.

Nested Class Summary

class

ForceManager.UnknownForceTypeException

Method Summary

void	addPrototypeForce(Force prototype)
Force	createForce(java.lang.String forceType)
java.util.Collection<Force>	getAvailableForces()
static ForceManager	getInstance()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ForceManager getInstance()

createForce

public Force createForce(java.lang.String forceType)
                  throws ForceManager.UnknownForceTypeException

Throws:

ForceManager.UnknownForceTypeException

addPrototypeForce

public void addPrototypeForce(Force prototype)

getAvailableForces

public java.util.Collection<Force> getAvailableForces()