LayoutUpdater (Repast Simphony 2.10 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLayoutUpdater, AddedRemovedLayoutUpdater, IntervalLayoutUpdater, MovedLayoutUpdater, UpdateLayoutUpdater
```
public interface LayoutUpdater
```
Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Nick Collier

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class LayoutUpdater.Condition
Conditions that determine whether not the updater should update.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addTriggerCondition(LayoutUpdater.Condition condition)`	Adds a trigger condition to the current set.
`boolean`	`getDoSetLocationForAdded()`
`Layout`	`getLayout()`	Gets the layout whose updates this updater manages.
`boolean`	`getUpdateItemsLocation()`
`void`	`setLayout(Layout layout)`	Sets the layout whose updates this updater manages.
`void`	`update()`	Update the layout.

- Method Detail
  - getLayout
```
Layout getLayout()
```
    Gets the layout whose updates this updater manages.
    
    Returns:
    
    the layout whose updates this updater manages.
  - setLayout
```
void setLayout(Layout layout)
```
    Sets the layout whose updates this updater manages.
    
    Parameters:
    
    layout -
  - addTriggerCondition
```
void addTriggerCondition(LayoutUpdater.Condition condition)
```
    Adds a trigger condition to the current set. This layout updater will update or not in response to whatever its current condition is.
    
    Parameters:
    
    condition -
  - getUpdateItemsLocation
```
boolean getUpdateItemsLocation()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the visual items need to have the location updated during this update cycle, otherwise false.
  - getDoSetLocationForAdded
```
boolean getDoSetLocationForAdded()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if new items should get their location set when they are added to the display, otherwise false.
  - update
```
void update()
```
    Update the layout. The layout will be updated or not depedending on the current trigger condition.