fi.hut.tml.xsmiles
Class BrowserID

java.lang.Object
  fi.hut.tml.xsmiles.BrowserID

public class BrowserID

extends java.lang.Object

The BrowserID class contains extended functionality, for handling with issues arising from duplicate ids. If two browserWindows have the same ID, the one which is "closer" is chosen, when a browser is requested. The rules that define "closeness" are the following: - All children of a browser are searched for id. - Neighbours are checked.

Author:

juha

See Also:

BrowserTable

Field Summary

protected int	children
protected java.lang.String	id
protected java.lang.String	number
protected BrowserWindow	parent

Constructor Summary

BrowserID()

Method Summary

static BrowserWindow

getClosestBrowser(java.util.Vector browserWindows, BrowserID bid) Find the closest browser, so that when accessing a browser through ID, the "closest" browserWindow instance will be used, instead of the random one used before.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

number

protected java.lang.String number

children

protected int children

id

protected java.lang.String id

parent

protected BrowserWindow parent

Constructor Detail

BrowserID

public BrowserID()

Method Detail

getClosestBrowser

public static BrowserWindow getClosestBrowser(java.util.Vector browserWindows,
                                              BrowserID bid)

Find the closest browser, so that when accessing a browser through ID, the "closest" browserWindow instance will be used, instead of the random one used before. NOTICE!!! The getClosestBrowser is not working correctly because of bad algorithm.

Parameters:

bid - The BrowserID, who to refer against

Returns:

the browserWindow, whose ID is closest to the referring browserID