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Interface quicktime.app.spaces.Controller

public interface Controller
A Controller is an object that exerts some control over members of a Space. The Controller interface defines a minimal requirement for all Controllers - that is they are notified whenever they are added or removed from a Space. No particular functionality or modus operandi of a controller is assumed.

There are a number of interfaces that extend this interface that provide a particular behaviour of the Controller - particularly in relationship of the controller to its space. Those interfaces functionality in terms of the requirements they have when they are added to a Space are all supported in the SimpleSpace implementation. For example, TicklishControllers provide a list of Ticklish objects that should be tickled by the Space's Timer. When a TicklishController is added to the SimpleSpace the SimpleSpace will tickle this controller.

The extension interfaces provide their own documentation for the actions they require. The provided controller interfaces should provide a comprehensive set of requirements for describing the interaction between controllers and spaces.

See Also:
Space

Method Index

o addedToSpace(Space)
This method is called by the Space when a Controller is being addedTo the Space s.
o removedFromSpace()
Called by the Space when a Controller is being removed from a Space.

Methods

o addedToSpace 
 public abstract void addedToSpace(Space s)
This method is called by the Space when a Controller is being addedTo the Space s. If the Controller is not an appropriate controller for that kind of Space this method can throw an exception and the controller won't be added to the Space.

Parameters:
s - the Space being added to
o removedFromSpace 
 public abstract void removedFromSpace()
Called by the Space when a Controller is being removed from a Space. This is only called by the Space on controllers that have previously been added, thus the space they are being removed from is the space they were added to. 

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