Locatable

All Superinterfaces:

Nameable, Settable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Location, LocationParameter, RelativeLocation, Vertex
```
public interface Locatable
extends Settable
```
An interface for objects storing a location. Implementations of this interface are attributes that are contained by objects that are rendered visually on the screen at locations given by getLocation() method of this interface.
This interface is generally implemented by attributes of objects in a model and is used by the Vergil user interface to store the location of objects in the visual editor.

Since:

Ptolemy II 2.1

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Edward A. Lee

See Also:

Location

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Green (cxh)

Pt.ProposedRating:

Green (cxh)

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Settable
  Settable.Visibility

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Settable
  EXPERT, FULL, NONE, NOT_EDITABLE

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double[]`	`getLocation()`	Get the location in some cartesian coordinate system.
`void`	`setLocation(double[] location)`	Set the location in some cartesian coordinate system, and notify the container and any value listeners of the new location.

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Nameable
description, getContainer, getFullName, getName, getName, setName

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Settable
addValueListener, getDefaultExpression, getDisplayName, getExpression, getValueAsString, getVisibility, removeValueListener, setExpression, setVisibility, validate

- Method Detail
  - getLocation
```
double[] getLocation()
```
    Get the location in some cartesian coordinate system.
    
    Returns:
    
    The location.
    
    See Also:
    
    setLocation(double [])
  - setLocation
```
void setLocation(double[] location)
          throws IllegalActionException
```
    Set the location in some cartesian coordinate system, and notify the container and any value listeners of the new location.
    
    Parameters:
    
    location - The location.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalActionException - If the location is rejected.
    
    See Also:
    
    getLocation()