jmri
Interface SignalHeadManager

All Superinterfaces:

Manager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSignalHeadManager

public interface SignalHeadManager
extends Manager

Interface for obtaining signal heads.

This doesn't have a "new" method, as SignalHeads are separately implemented, instead of being system-specific.

This file is part of JMRI.

JMRI is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the "COPYING" file for a copy of this license.

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Author:

Bob Jacobsen Copyright (C) 2001

Method Summary

void	dispose() Free resources when no longer used.
SignalHead	getBySystemName(String s)
SignalHead	getByUserName(String s)
SignalHead	getSignalHead(String name) Locate via user name, then system name if needed.
List	getSystemNameList() Get a list of all SignalHead system names.

Methods inherited from interface jmri.Manager

addPropertyChangeListener, deregister, makeSystemName, register, removePropertyChangeListener, systemLetter, typeLetter

Method Detail

dispose

void dispose()

Description copied from interface: Manager

Free resources when no longer used. Specifically, remove all references to and from this object, so it can be garbage-collected.

Specified by:

dispose in interface Manager

getSignalHead

SignalHead getSignalHead(String name)

Locate via user name, then system name if needed. Does not create a new one if nothing found

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

null if no match found

getByUserName

SignalHead getByUserName(String s)

getBySystemName

SignalHead getBySystemName(String s)

getSystemNameList

List getSystemNameList()

Get a list of all SignalHead system names.

Specified by:

getSystemNameList in interface Manager