public interface SingletonWindow extends IWindow
Interface which should be implemented by those windows which have an identity in the application. Each SingletonWindow has an associated model, which identifies the window, and thus it is not possible to create two SingletonWindow with the same model.
For example, if a window contains a text file, maybe it is not suitable to open two windows to edit the same file. To accomplish this, the edit window should implement this interface, and the model associated with the window will be the path to the text file. Then, if the user tries to open an already open file, the existing window containing the file will be shown to the user, instead of opening a new one.
When opening a new SingletonWindow, the framework works in the following way: all the already open SingletonWindow are searched to try to find a window which has the same model as the new one. If such window is found, it is sent to the foreground and no new window is opened; otherwise, the new window is shown.
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
Object |
getWindowModel()
Gets the window model, the identity, the object which will be used
to identify te window.
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getWindowInfo, getWindowProfileObject getWindowModel()