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Interface quicktime.app.spaces.Space

public interface Space
extends Listener, DynamicCollection, Ticklish
A Space is a dynamic collection of members. A Space also has a Timer and a collection of Controllers. The Timer provides the parent TimeBase for all members and controllers within the Space that are themselves Spaces or objects that have a TimeBase. The getSource method returns the source object which the Space has been addedTo (ie. the Space is also a Listener).

The tickleList is the list of TicklishControllers that have been added to ths Space and will be tickled by the Space when the Space itself is tickled by its Timer.

A default implementation of the Space interface is provided in the SimpleSpace class - refer to the documentation for details of that implementation.

See Also:
SimpleSpace

Method Index

o addController(Controller)
This method is used by the application to add a Controller to the Space.
o controllers()
Returns an Enumeration of all Controllers that are currently attached to the Space.
o getSource()
This object is the source for all of the members and controllers of the Space that implement the Listener interface.
o getTimer()
Returns the Timer of the Space.
o removeController(Controller)
Removes a controller that was previously added to the Space.
o tickleList()
Returns an Enumeration of all of the Controllers that implement the Ticklish interface (TicklishControllers) that have been added to the Space.

Methods

o addController 
 public abstract void addController(Controller c) throws QTException
This method is used by the application to add a Controller to the Space. A Controller will control members of a Space.

Parameters:
c - the Controller to add to the Space.
o removeController 
 public abstract void removeController(Controller c) throws QTException
Removes a controller that was previously added to the Space.

Parameters:
c - the Controller to remove from the Space.
o controllers 
 public abstract Enumeration controllers()
Returns an Enumeration of all Controllers that are currently attached to the Space.

Returns:
an Enumeration
o tickleList 
 public abstract Enumeration tickleList()
Returns an Enumeration of all of the Controllers that implement the Ticklish interface (TicklishControllers) that have been added to the Space. These controllers are tickled each time the Space itself is tickled by its Timer.

Returns:
an Enumeration of Ticklish objects
o getTimer 
 public abstract Timer getTimer()
Returns the Timer of the Space. This Timer provids a TimeBase for the Space and if active will tickle and send timeChanged calls to the TicklishControllers that are attached to the Space.

Returns:
a Timer
o getSource 
 public abstract Object getSource()
This object is the source for all of the members and controllers of the Space that implement the Listener interface. All such members and controllers will have the same source as the parent space when it is addedTo a Listener source. If the parent Space has not been added to a Listener source this returns null.

Returns:
the Listener source object 
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