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addChild(UContained, boolean) - Method in interface ulu.view.UContainer: (attempt to) add an item to view - success status returned.
addChild(UContained, boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: generic wrapper to conform to UContainer interface
addDefaultMethods() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: add default methods for opening and refreshing container.
addDefaultMethods() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: add default methods for opening and refreshing container.
addFilter(ItemFilter) - Method in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: add a subfilter
addItem(Item, boolean) - Method in interface ulu.view.View: temporary map linking the generic UContainer/UContained to the specific View/Item kind of parent-to-child relationship
addItem(Item, boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: (attempt to) add an item to view - success status returned.
addJAFMethods(JAFable) - Static method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: Deprecated.
addListener(UEventListener) - Method in interface ulu.view.View: add a Listener to messages from this container
addListener(UEventListener) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: add a listener
addMethod(UMethod) - Method in interface ulu.view.Invokable: (attempt to) add a method
addMethod(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: (attempt to) add a method
addObject(String, Object) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: add an arbitrary object to this view, using the ItemFactory system to wrap it up as an Item.
addObject(String, Object, boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: add an arbitrary object to this view, using the ItemFactory system to wrap it up as an Item
addParam(UField) - Method in class ulu.view.JAFMethod: can't add parameters - a null implementation provided here
addParam(UField) - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: add a parameter to the Method
addParams(ParamString) - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: Take an ulu.ut.ParamString and add an empty field for each embedded variable
addParams(ParamString, String) - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: Take an ulu.ut.ParamString along with an input data string, and add a field for each embedded variable, prefilled with the data from the input text (if there is any) - by default, all fields will be required String values, may wish to add some way of specifying required, read-only, etc.
addProcessor(Processor) - Method in class ulu.view.ShaperChain: override the add method to only allow Shapers into this group
addProp(UField) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: (attempt to) add a property
addProp(String, Object) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience method to quickly add fields
addProp(UField) - Method in interface ulu.view.Propertied: (attempt to) add a property
addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: add a property listener for bean support

B

back() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: visit the previous page - returns true if possible (should check isReversible() before offering the user a hook to this method - shouldn't need to override this, but override a subclass of PagerImpl returned by the createPager() method

C

CaseSensitiveNames - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: if false, hash all items by lower-case names for search purposes, but will preserve case of the name property (e.g.
ClassFilter - class ulu.view.ClassFilter.: A filter that will only accept or deny certain classes using 'instanceof'.
ClassFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.ClassFilter
CompoundFilter - class ulu.view.CompoundFilter.: a filter that maintains a list of subfilters, and applies them in concert, either exclusively or inclusively.
CompoundFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.CompoundFilter
ContentSource - interface ulu.view.ContentSource.: Interface for any Item (or other object) that can return a URL of some sort with 'content' behind it.
cached - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: flag used to denote whether a lazy, caching view has populated itself
caching - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: denotes whether a lazy component can cache its results.
changes - Variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: bean support helper class
clear() - Method in interface ulu.view.UContainer: (attempt to) remove all items in the view
clear() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: remove all items from the view
clearFilters() - Method in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: clear all subfilters
clearMethods() - Method in interface ulu.view.Invokable: remove all properties
clearMethods() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: clear all methods
clearProps() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: clear all properties
clearProps() - Method in interface ulu.view.Propertied: remove all properties
cmd - Variable in class ulu.view.JAFMethod: the underlying JAF verb
compiler - Static variable in class ulu.view.StreamHandlerManager
compilerG - Variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: internal work-horses for text processing
compilerP - Variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: internal work-horses for text processing
complete() - Method in class ulu.view.JAFMethod: this method is always complete as no parameters are supported
complete() - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: returns true if all required fields have been filled.
countParams() - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: count number of parameters
createClassMap(String) - Static method in class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: helper method used to create a classmap from a properties file using standard file location etc.
createPager() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: factory method for creating a pager - override if custom type required

D

Debug - class ulu.view.Debug.: Quick simple logger object through which all the old system.out commands can be sent.
Debug() - Constructor for class ulu.view.Debug
DefaultItemFactory - class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory.: The default ItemFactory implementation used to dynamically wrap objects into Unc-style interfaces.
DefaultItemFactory(String) - Constructor for class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: constructor requires an id - if none passed, generate a root-level factory that reads the main properties sheet.
debug(String) - Static method in class ulu.view.Debug: print message orlog it or something...
debug(Throwable) - Static method in class ulu.view.Debug: print out an exception trace
debug(String, Object) - Static method in class ulu.view.Debug: debug an array
defmeth - Variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: the default method fore this item
dh - Variable in class ulu.view.JAFMethod: the underlying JAF data handler

E

ErrorMessageEvent - class ulu.view.ErrorMessageEvent.: Event indicating a one-way message from back-end to the user
ErrorMessageEvent(View, String, Throwable) - Constructor for class ulu.view.ErrorMessageEvent: constructor, requiring a message text
execute(DataHandler, CommandInfo) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get a return Object from a given command
execute(DataSource, CommandInfo) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get a return Object from a given command
execute(JAFable, CommandInfo) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get a return Object from a given command

F

FLAG_ALLOWED_VALS - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly used key naming scheme: a Vector of allowed values for a combo-box-like parameter.
FLAG_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly used key naming scheme: the group ID to which this item is assigned
FLAG_HIDDEN - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly used key naming scheme: denotes field is hidden from view.
FLAG_OPTIONAL - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly used key naming scheme: denotes if parameter is optional in a method call
FLAG_RETURN_INLINE - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly used key naming scheme : when attached to a UMethod, indicates that the method should return its result inline, rather than dropping a new object into the scrapbook (usually because its a small simple return type like a Number, String or URL that can be easily represented in a text box)
FLAG_SUGGESTED_VALS - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly used key naming scheme: a Vector of suggested values that may be used.
FType - Variable in class ulu.view.UField: the declared type of this field
FilterImpl - class ulu.view.FilterImpl.: An abstract convenience implementation of the ItemFilter interface that simply builds on the ProcessorImpl class
FilterImpl() - Constructor for class ulu.view.FilterImpl
FilterItem - class ulu.view.FilterItem.: Deprecated.
FilterItem() - Constructor for class ulu.view.FilterItem: Deprecated. bean-like constructor
FilterItem(ItemFilter) - Constructor for class ulu.view.FilterItem: Deprecated. public constructor, supply the filter as an argument
Flagged - class ulu.view.Flagged.: Common base class for the UField and UMethod classes, allowing use of Flags Dave Crane ulunum, January 2003
Flagged() - Constructor for class ulu.view.Flagged
factory - Static variable in class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: statically initialised default defaultitemfactory shared by all users
filetypes - Static variable in class ulu.view.StreamHandlerManager
filt - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: filter operating on this view
filter - Variable in class ulu.view.FilterItem: Deprecated. the filter being represented
filter() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: filter all items in the view using current filters
filtered - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: flag denoting whether current filter has been applied (and visItems cache is therefore up to date)
filters() - Method in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: list all subfilters
filts - Variable in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: ordered collection of filters to be sequentially applied during testing
findPageMarker() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: find object marking top of page
fireEvent(UEvent) - Method in interface ulu.view.View: generic wrapper for firing any ViewEvent
fireEvent(UEvent) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: generic wrapper for firing any ViewEvent
fireRedirectEvent(View) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: fire a redirect update event, pointing listeners towards a different view
fireRedirectEvent(View, View) - Static method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: more specific wrapper for firing update events, specifying the type of update and the item(s) affected, etc.
fireUpdateEvent() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: more specific wrapper for firing update events, specifying the type of update and the item(s) affected, etc.
fireUpdateEvent(int) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: more specific wrapper for firing update events, specifying the type of update and the item(s) affected, etc.
fireUpdateEvent(int, Item[]) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: more specific wrapper for firing update events, specifying the type of update and the item(s) affected, etc.
fireUpdateEvent(int, Item[], String[]) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: more specific wrapper for firing update events, specifying the type of update and the item(s) affected, etc.
fireUpdateEvent(View) - Static method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: more specific wrapper for firing update events, specifying the type of update and the item(s) affected, etc.
flags - Variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: optional flags, parameters etc.

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get(String) - Method in class ulu.view.Flagged: get a property of this field
getChild(String) - Method in interface ulu.view.UContainer: retrieve a contained object by its unique name (may perform this search in the middleware/unc code, or hive it off to the backend)
getChild(String) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: wrapper to satify the more generic Container interface
getCommands(DataHandler) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get the command verbs from a data handler
getCommands(DataSource) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get the command verbs for a data source
getCommands(JAFable) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get the command verbs for a JAFable object
getContent() - Method in interface ulu.view.ContentSource: get the URL that provides access to this object's content
getContent() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: by default, a null implementation, leave this alone unless the Item does have a content source to talk to
getCount() - Method in interface ulu.view.UContainer: count number of items in the current view
getCount() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: count number of visible items in the current view
getDataSource() - Method in interface ulu.view.JAFable: provide a DataSource from which input and output streams can be derived
getDefaultMethod() - Method in interface ulu.view.Invokable: get the default method for this invokable (may be null if no such classification)
getDefaultMethod() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: get the default method
getDescription() - Method in class ulu.view.NullFilter: simple description for use as displayable name in a gui
getErr() - Method in class ulu.view.ErrorMessageEvent: get the throwable, if want to see full stack trace, etc.
getErrMessage() - Method in class ulu.view.ErrorMessageEvent: the message to be shown to the user
getEvent(Item, int) - Static method in class ulu.view.UEvent: factory method for returning a default event type for each tag
getFType() - Method in class ulu.view.UField: get the class of the field - used to enforce types for writeable fields
getFileHandler(File) - Static method in class ulu.view.StreamHandlerManager: get the class def of the special handler for a file, reflecting to get class def from the class name as needed
getFileHandler(String) - Static method in class ulu.view.StreamHandlerManager: get the class def for a specific pattern, reflecting to get class def from the class name as needed
getFilter() - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: set the filter used to control the search
getFilter() - Method in interface ulu.view.View: get a filter for this view
getFilter() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get a filter for this view
getHandler(DataSource) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get the DataHandler for a DataSource
getHandler(JAFable) - Static method in class ulu.view.JAFHelper: get the DataHandler for a JAFable
getHandler() - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: the handler for this Method (most commonly defined by the View that offers the method)
getId() - Method in class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: return the id denoting which package or problem domain this factory deals with.
getItem() - Method in interface ulu.view.Itemable: get a custom view that represents this object - if you aren't using the interface in a multi-VM environment, ignore the RemoteException, i.e.
getItem(String) - Method in interface ulu.view.View: temporary map linking the generic UContainer/UContained to the specific View/Item kind of parent-to-child relationship
getItem(String) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: retrieve a contained item by name
getMatchStyle() - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: get the matching style being used
getMessage() - Method in class ulu.view.MessageEvent: the message to be shown to the user
getMethod(String) - Method in interface ulu.view.Invokable: get a method by name
getMethod(String) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: get a method by name
getMethod - Variable in class ulu.view.MethodEvent: Deprecated. get the method to be presented to the user
getMethodFilter() - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: get the MethodFilter that will prune methods
getName() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience method to get the name
getName() - Method in interface ulu.view.Propertied: convenience getter for name property
getName() - Method in class ulu.view.UField: the name of the field
getName() - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: the name of the method
getPageLength() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get the current page length by delegating - shouldn't need to override this, but override a subclass of PagerImpl returned by the createPager() metho
getPageNo() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get the current page number - shouldn't need to override this, but override a subclass of PagerImpl returned by the createPager() method
getPager() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get the pager for this view
getParam(String) - Method in class ulu.view.JAFMethod: JAF verbs don't support parameters -null implementation
getParam(String) - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: get a parameter by name
getParams() - Method in class ulu.view.JAFMethod: JAF verbs don't support parameters -null implementation
getParams() - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: enumerate the method's parameters
getParent() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: generic UContained imlementation
getParent() - Method in interface ulu.view.UContained: get the parent Container
getParentView() - Method in interface ulu.view.Item: temporary map linking the generic UContaiuner/UContained to the specific View/Item kind of parent-to-child relationship
getParentView() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience method to get the parent View
getPattern() - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: get the test regular expression as a string.
getProp(String) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: get a property by name
getProp(String) - Method in interface ulu.view.Propertied: get a property by name
getPropFilter() - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: get the PropFilter that will prune fields
getProperties(String) - Static method in class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: helper method to fetch properties file from a stadard location
getReference() - Method in class ulu.view.FilterItem: Deprecated. reference item is the filter
getReference() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience getter for primary reference property (Not all items will have a reference, but many will - it's the thing behind the item, the file, the resultset, the object, etc.)
getReference() - Method in interface ulu.view.Referrer: get the reference object
getResult() - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: get the results of the search as a View
getReturn() - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: the return class of the method (null indicates a void return)
getRoot() - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: get the root container in which the search will start
getScrapbook(Object) - Static method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: get the scrapbook View
getScript() - Method in class ulu.view.ScriptedMethod: the script text to be executed
getSearchClass() - Method in interface ulu.view.Searchable: get a Search implementation that operates on this type of object
getSearchClass() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get a Search implementation that operates on this type of object
getSortClass() - Method in interface ulu.view.Sortable: get a Sorter implementation that operates on this type of object
getSortClass() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get a Sorter implementation that operates on this type of object
getSource() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get the Viewable being paged
getTestClass() - Method in class ulu.view.ClassFilter: get the test class for this filter
getTestProp() - Method in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: get the name of the property being tested
getTestString(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.NameFilter: use the Item's name as test string
getTestString(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: use the Item's property value as test string, with special-case handling for Date objects
getTestString(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: abstract method to be implemented from subclass - gets the test string from the item
getTestString(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.TypeFilter: use the Item's name as test string
getTestVal() - Method in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: get the numerical value of the test property, if applicable
getTotalLength() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get the total length of the list being paged; in some cases this will be known in advance, in others not.
getType() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: denote the type of this item, used in the UI to differentiate between different sorts (e.g.
getType() - Method in interface ulu.view.Typed: denote the type of this item, used in the UI to differentiate between different sorts (e.g.
getValue() - Method in class ulu.view.UField: get the value of the field

H

Handler - interface ulu.view.Handler.: The ulu.view.Handler interface denotes something that will process a UMethod once it has been invoked.
handler - Variable in class ulu.view.UMethod: handler that processes invocations of this method (may be the method itself, the item it belongs to, or whatever other implementation)

I

ITEMS_ADDED - Static variable in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: indicates that the items in the 'items' array have been added to the container
ITEMS_MODIFIED - Static variable in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: indicates that the items in the 'items' array have been modified
ITEMS_REMOVED - Static variable in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: indicates that the items in the 'items' array have been removed from the container
InteractiveDesignPruner - class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner.: A Pruner that simply masks filtered properties and methods, for use in interactive design where rapid undo of pruning is a necessity.
InteractiveDesignPruner() - Constructor for class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner
Invokable - interface ulu.view.Invokable.: generic interface for an object that can return invokable methods (ulu.view.UMethods)
Item - interface ulu.view.Item.: A generic interface for an item in a view, describing its properties and actions.
ItemFactory - interface ulu.view.ItemFactory.: Deprecated.
ItemFilter - interface ulu.view.ItemFilter.: An interface for filtering the contents of a View when searching, showing containers only, or other selective processes
ItemImpl - class ulu.view.ItemImpl.: generic implementation of Item interface
ItemImpl() - Constructor for class ulu.view.ItemImpl: default no-argument constructor for subclasses to use
ItemImpl(String) - Constructor for class ulu.view.ItemImpl: by default, the Item has no methods, and only one property, its name.
Itemable - interface ulu.view.Itemable.: A delegate interface for something that isn't an Item itself, but knows how to present itself as a custom item to an unc client - possibly as a View with programmatically-defined sub-views.
id - Variable in class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: unique id for this factory
inclusive - Variable in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: determines the inclusive/exclusive mode
inferTypeByClass() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: Deprecated. with shaper-based architecture, items aren't differentiated by subclass
init(Item, int, Item[], String[]) - Method in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: behind-the-scenes 'real' constructor
invoke(UMethod) - Method in interface ulu.view.Handler: invoke a Method by processing its parameters and returning some sort of value (null is acceptable of course).
invoke(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: implementation of Handler - this is the callback point for an invoked method.
invoke() - Method in class ulu.view.JAFMethod: invoke itself because JAF has all that's required, no Handler interface required
invoke(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.ScriptedMethod: invoke a Method by handing it to the scripting engine and returning the result
invoke() - Method in class ulu.view.UMethod: invoke the method by delegating to a method-handler interface
invoke(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: implementation of Handler - this is the callback point for an invoked method.
invokeSpecials(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: invoke any implementation-specific methods here
isAutoFill() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: specifies whether the view will populate its contents automatically on startup.
isInclusive() - Method in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: return inclusive/exclusive mode
isPagerMethod(UMethod) - Static method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: convenience method for identifying whether to delegate method calls to the Pager - can be overridden if using bespoke pagers with extra functionality, although a Pager-defined flag that can be set in the method would be preferable really
isPassNulls() - Method in class ulu.view.RefClassFilter: determine whether a null reference is a pass
isReversible() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: say whether the list can be navigated in both directions, or is simply a one-way traversal system (e.g.
isWriteable() - Method in class ulu.view.UField: can the field value be modified?
items() - Method in interface ulu.view.UContainer: list contents of this viewable object
items - Variable in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: the items affected (null indicates all items)
items - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: stored items in this view, held as a Vector rather than a Hashtable because the latter won't guarantee a correct ordering of items that can be used for returning enumerations of a paged subsection.
items() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: list contents of this viewable object

J

JAFHelper - class ulu.view.JAFHelper.: Library of helper methods for supporting java activation framework functionality in Uncle Unc
JAFHelper() - Constructor for class ulu.view.JAFHelper
JAFMethod - class ulu.view.JAFMethod.: wrapper class that exposes a javax.activation.CommandInfo as a Uncle Unc UMethod
JAFMethod(DataHandler, CommandInfo) - Constructor for class ulu.view.JAFMethod: constructor
JAFable - interface ulu.view.JAFable.: interface indicating that an Item is compliant with the Java Activation Framework (JAF) and can supply a DataSource.

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lazy - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: denotes whether container ought to be populated at creation, or only as needed
list(Vector) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: list all items from the given Vector that are on the current page
listeners - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: list of listeners to this item

M

MATCH_EXACT - Static variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: match exactly, case-sensitive
MATCH_EXACT_IGNORECASE - Static variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: match exactly, ignoring case
MATCH_GLOB_REGEXP - Static variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: match using globbing syntax
MATCH_PERL5_REGEXP - Static variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: match using Perl5 syntax
MEMBERSHIP_GROUP_DEFAULT_VISIBLE - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly used key naming scheme: indicates the default group to display when displaying an Item
MEMBERSHIP_GROUP_GENERAL - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly-used kay value : denotes a general-purpose group for flagged members with no defined grouping of their own
MEMBERSHIP_GROUP_UBIQUITOUS - Static variable in class ulu.view.Flagged: commonly-used kay value : denotes a membership group of high visibility, always present
METHOD_ADD_TO_SCRAPBOOK - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Item: standard method name for adding item to the scrapbook view
METHOD_OPEN - Static variable in interface ulu.view.UContainer: conventional name for the method that opens this view as the main view
METHOD_REFRESH - Static variable in interface ulu.view.UContainer: conventional name for the method that goes to back-end to refresh contents of this view
MessageEvent - class ulu.view.MessageEvent.: Event indicating a one-way message from back-end to the user interface.
MessageEvent(Item, String) - Constructor for class ulu.view.MessageEvent: constructor, requiring a message text
MethodEvent - class ulu.view.MethodEvent.: Deprecated.
MethodEvent(Item, String, UMethod) - Constructor for class ulu.view.MethodEvent: Deprecated. constructor requiring a message text/prompt and a method
MethodFilter - class ulu.view.MethodFilter.: Base implementation of ObjectFilter for filtering a UMethod.
MethodFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.MethodFilter
map - Variable in class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: map of specialist subclasses of Item to match against input object types
matcher - Variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: internal work-horses for text processing
matcher - Static variable in class ulu.view.StreamHandlerManager
matchstyle - Variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: the compiled RE pattern
message - Variable in class ulu.view.MessageEvent: the message attached to this event
method - Variable in class ulu.view.MethodEvent: Deprecated. the method carried in this event
methods() - Method in interface ulu.view.Invokable: list this item's invokable methods
methods - Variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: collection of methods assigned to this object
methods() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: get names of this object's invokable methods
mf - Variable in class ulu.view.Pruner: MethodFilter that will prune methods
modify(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: modify the Item by passing each field and method through the appropriate filter
modify(Item) - Method in interface ulu.view.Shaper: modify this Item in some way
modify(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.ShaperChain: modify this Item in some way, here by passing it to any child Shapers
modify(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.ShaperImpl: modify this Item in some way

N

Name - Variable in class ulu.view.UField: name of the field
Name - Variable in class ulu.view.UMethod: name of this method
NameFilter - class ulu.view.NameFilter.: A filter that tests an Item's name against a regular expression
NameFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.NameFilter
NullFilter - class ulu.view.NullFilter.: A filter that does mno testing as such, but simply passes or fails every item based on the predefined whitelist policy
NullFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.NullFilter
next() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: visit the next page - returns true if possible - shouldn't need to override this, but override a subclass of PagerImpl returned by the createPager() method

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onMethodFail(Item, UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner: action to take on a method that fails the filter
onMethodFail(Item, UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: action to take on a method that fails the filter
onMethodFail(Item, UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.RemovingPruner: action to take on a method that fails the filter
onMethodPass(Item, UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner: action to take on a method that passes the filter, by default nothing
onMethodPass(Item, UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: action to take on a method that passes the filter, by default nothing
onPropertyFail(Item, UField) - Method in class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner: action to take on a property that fails the filter
onPropertyFail(Item, UField) - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: action to take on a property that fails the filter
onPropertyFail(Item, UField) - Method in class ulu.view.RemovingPruner: action to take on a property that fails the filter
onPropertyPass(Item, UField) - Method in class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner: action to take on a property that passes the filter, by default nothing
onPropertyPass(Item, UField) - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: action to take on a property that passes the filter, by default nothing
out - Static variable in class ulu.view.Debug: output stream to debug to

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PARAM_NAME_TARGET_OBJECT - Static variable in class ulu.view.UMethod: standard naming for a parameter (usually hidden) that represents the target object on which the method should be applied - useful for generating self-contained methods where the Handler needn't keep a reference to the specific target object (and is typically responsible for handling many instances of the method and many target objects)
PROP_CONTENT_URL - Static variable in interface ulu.view.ContentSource: common property name for content URL
PROP_COUNT - Static variable in interface ulu.view.UContainer: standard property name for number of children
PROP_DEFAULT_ITEM_PROPS - Static variable in interface ulu.view.UContainer: conventional name for the list of properties of each contained item that a client ought to list by default (e.g.
PROP_DISPLAY_LOD - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Propertied: the agreed-upon convention for the name of the property denoting whether a display of properties should be brief or detailed (may be implemented as a boolean or enumerated integer by different UIs)
PROP_NAME - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Propertied: the agreed-upon convention for the name property's name
PROP_PARENT - Static variable in interface ulu.view.UContained: standard property name denoting a reference to a parent item
PROP_REFSTRING - Static variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: field name denoting the (hidden) reference string
PROP_TEMP_GROUP - Static variable in class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner: flag denoting that a property or method's temporary new group
PROP_TEMP_HIDDEN - Static variable in class ulu.view.InteractiveDesignPruner: flag denoting that a property or method is temporarily hidden
PROP_TYPE - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Typed: String that a Propertied object may use to store type information in
PropFilter - class ulu.view.PropFilter.: Base implementation of ObjectFilter for filtering a UField.
PropFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.PropFilter
Propertied - interface ulu.view.Propertied.: A low-level interface for any object that holds an associative list of properties, each of which is a UField (which can hold any java Object, and is typed)
PropertyFilter - class ulu.view.PropertyFilter.: A filter that tests an Item's property value (assuming its a string) against a regular expression.
PropertyFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.PropertyFilter
Pruner - class ulu.view.Pruner.: A Shaper that removes existing properties or methods, following an XML schema.
Pruner() - Constructor for class ulu.view.Pruner
pageDescrip() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: get a short message describing the page number - will give a total if available
pagemarker - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: page marker object used to denote top of current page.
pager - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: pager to delegate to
params - Variable in class ulu.view.UMethod: parameters that may be passed along with the method
passive - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: By default, a View won't generate events, but assumes the back-end is passively-recieving requests to update from the UI client.
passnull - Variable in class ulu.view.RefClassFilter: indicate whether to pass or fail items with null reference objects
pattern - Variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: internal work-horses for text processing
pause() - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: pause searching (but remember state)
pf - Variable in class ulu.view.Pruner: PropFilter that will prune fields
populate() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: override this method to talk to the real back-end - the filesystem, jini network, database, whatever...
process(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.ShaperChain: override the process() method to only handle Items
process(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.ShaperImpl: Process an arbitrary object and return an arbitrary result, as defined by the ulu.ut.Processor interface.
properties() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: get this object's properties
properties() - Method in interface ulu.view.Propertied: list this item's properties
properties - Variable in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: the names of affected properties (null indicates all)
propname - Variable in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: name of the property whose value will be tested
props - Variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: collection of properties assigned to this item
pstr - Variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: style of matching used

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quotechars - Static variable in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: the string passed in to construct the RE

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RefClassFilter - class ulu.view.RefClassFilter.: A filter that will only accept or deny certain classes using 'instanceof'.
RefClassFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.RefClassFilter
Referrer - interface ulu.view.Referrer.: generic interface for an object that can hold a reference to another underlying object
RegexpFilter - class ulu.view.RegexpFilter.: An abstract baseline for filters that parse fields using regular expressions.
RegexpFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.RegexpFilter
RemovingPruner - class ulu.view.RemovingPruner.: A Pruner that removes filtered properties or methods completely, for use in deployment
RemovingPruner() - Constructor for class ulu.view.RemovingPruner
Return - Variable in class ulu.view.UMethod: the return type of this method
reference - Variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: the reference object, as defined by Referer interface
removeChild(UContained, boolean) - Method in interface ulu.view.UContainer: (attempt to) remove an item from view - success status returned.
removeChild(UContained, boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: generic wrapper to conform to UContainer interface
removeFilter(ItemFilter) - Method in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: remove a subfilter
removeItem(Item, boolean) - Method in interface ulu.view.View: temporary map linking the generic UContainer/UContained to the specific View/Item kind of parent-to-child relationship
removeItem(Item, boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: (attempt to) remove an item from view - success status returned.
removeListener(UEventListener) - Method in interface ulu.view.View: remove a listener to messages from this container
removeListener(UEventListener) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: remove a listener
removeMethod(UMethod) - Method in interface ulu.view.Invokable: (attempt to) remove a method
removeMethod(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: (attempt to) remove a method
removeObject(Object, boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: attempt to remove any item from the view that has a reference object matching the one passed here
removeProp(UField) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: (attempt to) remove a property
removeProp(UField) - Method in interface ulu.view.Propertied: (attempt to) remove a property
removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: remove a property listener (for bean support)
respond(UEvent) - Method in interface ulu.view.UEventListener: respond to an incoming ViewEvent

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STATUS_CANCELLED - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Search: status indicator - search paused
STATUS_COMPLETED - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Search: status indicator - search completed or cancelled
STATUS_IN_PROGRESS - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Search: status indicator - search actively in progress
STATUS_NOT_BEGUN - Static variable in interface ulu.view.Search: status indicator - search not yet commenced
Script - Variable in class ulu.view.ScriptedMethod: script text to be fed to the script engine
ScriptedMethod - class ulu.view.ScriptedMethod.: A method that executes a piece of script code when executed.
ScriptedMethod(String, String) - Constructor for class ulu.view.ScriptedMethod: constructor requires name and script text
ScriptedMethod(String, String, String) - Constructor for class ulu.view.ScriptedMethod: constructor requires name and script text
Search - interface ulu.view.Search.: A Search defines an interface for applying ItemFilters recursively through Views and their children,and returning the result as a View.
Searchable - interface ulu.view.Searchable.: An interface denoting that a Search object can operate on this object.
ServiceFactory - class ulu.view.ServiceFactory.: A Factory for generating Items that wrap jini services.
ServiceFactory() - Constructor for class ulu.view.ServiceFactory: no-args constructor creates a default item factory that reads the factory.jini.properties file.
Shaper - interface ulu.view.Shaper.: An object capable of modifying the fields and methods of an Item, possibly adding new children or pruning existing ones too.
ShaperChain - class ulu.view.ShaperChain.: A convenient way of grouping Shapers togeher, conforming to the ulu.ut.ProcessChain model (and therefore configurable by ProcessConfig XML syntax).
ShaperChain() - Constructor for class ulu.view.ShaperChain
ShaperImpl - class ulu.view.ShaperImpl.: Base class implementation of the Shaper interface, indicating an object capable of modifying the fields and methods of an Item, possibly adding new children or pruning existing ones too.
ShaperImpl() - Constructor for class ulu.view.ShaperImpl
Sortable - interface ulu.view.Sortable.: An interface denoting that the contents of this container can be sorted
StreamHandlerManager - class ulu.view.StreamHandlerManager.: A manager class for mapping streams (files, urls, zip entries, etc.) to handler classes !!!!! USE JAF Dave Crane ulunum, February-July 2002
StreamHandlerManager() - Constructor for class ulu.view.StreamHandlerManager
seal() - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: prevent any further addition/removal of methods or properties
sealed - Variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: denotes whether methods/properties can be added
set(String, Object) - Method in class ulu.view.Flagged: add a property to the field or set an existing one
setDefProps(String[]) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: convenience method for setting default properties
setDefaultMethod(UMethod) - Method in interface ulu.view.Invokable: set the default method for this invokable (may be null if no such classification)
setDefaultMethod(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: set the default method (and add it to methods list if not already there)
setFilter(ItemFilter) - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: set the filter used to control the search
setFilter(ItemFilter) - Method in interface ulu.view.View: set a Filter for this view
setFilter(ItemFilter) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: set a Filter for this view
setInclusive(boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: set inclusive/exclusive mode
setMatchStyle(int) - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: set the match style being used
setMessage(String) - Method in class ulu.view.MessageEvent: edit the message
setMethodFilter(MethodFilter) - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: set the method filter object
setName(String) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience method to set the name
setName(String) - Method in interface ulu.view.Propertied: conenience setter for name property
setPageLength(int) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: set the current page length - shouldn't need to override this, but override a subclass of PagerImpl returned by the createPager() metho
setPageNo(int) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: set the current page number - only allowed if isReversible() returns true - shouldn't need to override this, but override a subclass of PagerImpl returned by the createPager() method
setParent(UContainer) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience method to set the parent View
setParent(UContainer) - Method in interface ulu.view.UContained: set the parent Container
setParentView(View) - Method in interface ulu.view.Item: temporary map linking the generic UContaiuner/UContained to the specific View/Item kind of parent-to-child relationship
setParentView(View) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience method to set the parent View
setPassNulls(boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.RefClassFilter: set whether a null reference is a pass
setPattern(String) - Method in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: set the test pattern
setPattern(String) - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: set the test regular expression string
setPropFilter(PropFilter) - Method in class ulu.view.Pruner: set the property filter object
setRefImpl(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.FilterItem: Deprecated. reference item is the filter
setRefImpl(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: implementation of setReference for subclasses to override - return true if successful
setRefString(String) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: record the reference string used to initialise this reference object (e.g.
setReference(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: conenience setter for primary reference property (Not all items will have a reference, but many will - it's the thing behind the item, the file, the resultset, the object, etc.)
setReference(Object) - Method in interface ulu.view.Referrer: setter for primary reference property.
setRoot(View) - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: set the root container in which the search will commence
setSource(UContainer) - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: set the Viewable being paged - always itself, so a null implementation given here
setTestClass(Class) - Method in class ulu.view.ClassFilter: set the test class for this class
setTestProp(String) - Method in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: set the name of the property being tested
setType(String) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: convenience method to set the type of this item
setType(String) - Method in interface ulu.view.Typed: set the type of this item (or at least attempt to, its OK to ignore it if the type is deemed immutable)
setValue(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.UField: set the value of the field
setWriteable(boolean) - Method in class ulu.view.UField: set whether the field value can be modified
show(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.FilterImpl: return true if an item is visible, false if hidden (as defined by the combination of the test and the whitelist/blacklist switch)
show(Item) - Method in interface ulu.view.ItemFilter: return true if an item is visible, false if hidden (as defined by the combination of the test and the whitelist/blacklist switch
specialCases(String, Object) - Method in class ulu.view.DefaultItemFactory: try to match with special cases defined in property sheets.
start() - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: start searching
stop() - Method in interface ulu.view.Search: stop searching and release any state information held on current progress

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TAG_MESSAGE - Static variable in class ulu.view.UEvent: signals a message intended for display to the end-user
TAG_REQUEST - Static variable in class ulu.view.UEvent: signals a message to the end-user requiring a response of some sort such as asking for a userID or a password
TAG_UPDATE - Static variable in class ulu.view.UEvent: view events carry a tag integer, denoting event subtypes - default here is to signal a complete update of contents at back end
TypeFilter - class ulu.view.TypeFilter.: A filter that tests an Item's declared type against a regular expression
TypeFilter() - Constructor for class ulu.view.TypeFilter
Typed - interface ulu.view.Typed.: simple interface denoting an object that can have a type assigned to it.
tag - Variable in class ulu.view.UEvent: tag denoting event type
test(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.ClassFilter: return true if the Item implements the given class or interface
test(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.CompoundFilter: return true if an item passes a test, false if it fails - simply roll through all the filters until it hits a decision
test(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.FilterImpl: return true if an item passes a test, false if if fails
test(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.FilterImpl: return true if an object passes a test, false if if fails.
test(Item) - Method in interface ulu.view.ItemFilter: return true if an item passes a test, false if if fails
test(UMethod) - Method in class ulu.view.MethodFilter: return true if a method passes a test, false if if fails
test(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.MethodFilter: return true if an object passes a test, false if if fails.
test(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.NullFilter: return true if an item passes a test, false if if fails
test(UField) - Method in class ulu.view.PropFilter: return true if a property passes a test, false if if fails
test(Object) - Method in class ulu.view.PropFilter: return true if an object passes a test, false if if fails.
test(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: expand on the standard test by checking first for > and < operators for numerical properties, allowing a simple numerical testing
test(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.RefClassFilter: return true if the Item implements the given class or interface
test(Item) - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: test the Item's test string against the regular expression pattern
testclass - Variable in class ulu.view.ClassFilter: the class to be tested against
testval - Variable in class ulu.view.PropertyFilter: numerical value of the test property's value, if applicable
thr - Variable in class ulu.view.ErrorMessageEvent: throwable causing the error message to be sent
toString() - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: get a string representation of this filter
toString() - Method in class ulu.view.UEvent: format output for debug purposes
types - Static variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: mini-registry of valid Item types

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UContained - interface ulu.view.UContained.: generic interface for an object that can be contained by other objects, and is able to refer to its parent container.
UContainer - interface ulu.view.UContainer.: generic interface for something that can contain other things
UEvent - class ulu.view.UEvent.: Event model definition for a back-end Viewable to sent notifications to the UI components displaying them.
UEvent(Object) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UEvent: constructor for inheritance by children classes - can't use directly as the class is an abstract one
UEventListener - interface ulu.view.UEventListener.: Event model definition for a back-end Viewable to sent notifications to the UI components displaying them.
UField - class ulu.view.UField.: Represents a field of an Item i.e.
UField() - Constructor for class ulu.view.UField: null constructor for reflection-based subclasses
UField(String, Object, Class) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UField: constructor supplies basic values - a null value is allowed, but null name or type will throw an exception.
UField(String, Object, Class, boolean) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UField: constructor supplies basic values - a null value is allowed, but null name or type will throw an exception.
UField(String, Object) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UField: supply only name and value, and the type is deduced automatically - beware if using a specialised subclass of some sort here, but is OK for common classes such as strings.
UField(String, Object, boolean) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UField: supply only name and value, and the type is deduced automatically - beware if using a specialised subclass of some sort here, but is OK for common classes such as strings
UMethod - class ulu.view.UMethod.: Represents a method of a ViewItem that can be populated with parameters and then invoked.
UMethod() - Constructor for class ulu.view.UMethod: null constructor for subclassing
UMethod(String, Class, Handler) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UMethod: constructor requires name and return type
UpdateEvent - class ulu.view.UpdateEvent.: A View Event for sending update notifications to the client.
UpdateEvent(Item) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: default constructor sends an update message for entire containe
UpdateEvent(Item, int) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: constructor to notify add/remove of entire container, or redirect message
UpdateEvent(Item, int, Item[]) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: constructor to notify add/remove of specific items
UpdateEvent(Item, Item[], String[]) - Constructor for class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: constructor for notifying of specific property changes for specific items only.
UpdateType - Variable in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: flag
ulu.view - package ulu.view
unquote(String) - Method in class ulu.view.RegexpFilter: helper will try to unquote a string using defined quote characters
update(Observable, Object) - Method in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: respond to change in a field value by getting parent container to fire an update event
useScrap - Static variable in class ulu.view.ItemImpl: whether to make use of the scrapbook feature - in some cases, its useful to have, in others, its an unnecessary distraction

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VIEW_REDIRECT - Static variable in class ulu.view.UpdateEvent: indicates a redirect to a completely different view than the one issuing this message
Value - Variable in class ulu.view.UField: the value of the field
View - interface ulu.view.View.: generic interface for an Item that can present a list of contained entities.
ViewImpl - class ulu.view.ViewImpl.: generic implementation of ulu.view.View interface
ViewImpl() - Constructor for class ulu.view.ViewImpl: no-arg constructor required for ItemFactory
ViewImpl(String) - Constructor for class ulu.view.ViewImpl: constructor will add an 'open' method as well as the name property.
ViewImpl(String, boolean) - Constructor for class ulu.view.ViewImpl: The constructor will add an 'open' and a 'refresh' method as well as the name property.
visItems - Variable in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: cache of items currently visible through filter, changed only when the filter changes.
visibleItems() - Method in class ulu.view.ViewImpl: apply the current filters if needs be and return a list of filtered items

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