Module omix.api

Package omix.plugin.paint

Interface PaintHandlerFactory

public interface PaintHandlerFactory

This interface must be derived by a custom plugin class in order to implement export of network diagrams into images and movies of various types.
A custom class implementing PaintHandlerFactory can be registered at the Omix Plugin Manager:

<PaintHandlerFactory>mypackage.MyPaintHandlerFactory</PaintHandlerFactory>

Since:

Omix 1.3.11

Author:

Dr. Peter Droste, Omix Visualization

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PaintHandlerInterface	newPaintHandler()	This method is called by the plugin manager at startup and when the plugin is installed, respectively.

Method Details

newPaintHandler

PaintHandlerInterface newPaintHandler()

This method is called by the plugin manager at startup and when the plugin is installed, respectively. The role of this method is to create the PaintHandler.
The custom implementation of this method must instantiate an arbitrary subclass of PaintHandlerInterface.

Returns:

an instance of PaintHandlerInterface

Since:

1.3.11