Making actions undoable

It is possible in Lucy to make the effect of certain actions reversible. For instance, when a user graphically changes a shape, we want to allow that this change is undone, and the original shape is restored. Lucy provides support for this concept. This support is based on the LuciadLightspeed functionality centering around the ILcdUndoable and ILcdUndoableListener interfaces and the TLcdUndoManager class.

A TLcdUndoManager is available in the Lucy Environment and can be retrieved with the method getUndoManager of the ILcyLucyEnv. This TLcdUndoManager implements the ILcdUndoableListener and as such can be registered with any source of undoables. Typically, this source will be an ILcdAction. For example, an ILcdAction could delete an object from a model. To make this action reversible, it must create an ILcdUndoable that adds the object again when its undo method is invoked. The action should also notify its ILcdUndoableListener instances, typically the TLcdUndoManager, that a new undoable is available.

For more information about the LuciadLightspeed functionality regarding undoable actions, see Adding undo/redo support and Adding undo/redo support in GXY views.