Package com.luciad.lucy

package com.luciad.lucy

This package contains the core of Lucy: the back-end, which is the central point of Lucy where addons can add functionality to extend Lucy, and the default front-end.

The following image illustrates the relations between the front-end, back-end and addons

The back-end is the core of Lucy: it is the basic point where add-ons of Lucy can extend the Lucy functionality (for instance by adding extra model decoders) and retrieve all kinds of information (for instance what maps are currently available).

Addons are the modular elements that add functionality to the Lucy application. They are plugged in into the back-end, and they in their turn plug their functionality into the back-end.

The front-end glues all parts together: it is responsible for creating the main user interface, instantiating and configuring the back-end and creating and plugging all the addons. The default front-end creates a separate user interface, but it is possible to write a custom Lucy frontend that integrates the Lucy application with another existing application. For example, the lucy.frontend.mapcentric sample demonstrates how to customize the front-end in order to show a map-centric application with panels that float over the map.

Related Packages

Package	Description
com.luciad	Super package for classes produced by Luciad.
com.luciad.lucy.addons	Provides the classes that define the interface for add-ons and how they are created.
com.luciad.lucy.datatransfer	Contains classes to enable the exchange of model objects from one layer to another.
com.luciad.lucy.format	Provides support facilities for adding a new data format to Lucy.
com.luciad.lucy.gui	Contains graphical user interface related classes like menu bars, toolbars, application panes and customizer factories.
com.luciad.lucy.io	This package provides some basic Input/Output functionality classes.
com.luciad.lucy.map	Contains a broad range of classes related to the visual represention of a map.
com.luciad.lucy.model	Provides classes to deal with the models ( that store the actual data ) behind a map.
com.luciad.lucy.realtime	Provides Lucy's realtime (=previewer) support.
com.luciad.lucy.util	Provides utility classes for Lucy.
com.luciad.lucy.workspace	Provides workspace support for Lucy; a workspace is the complete state of the application (loaded data, opened panels, ...); it can be saved to and loaded from for example a file.

Class	Description
ALcyHelpManager	A help manager is responsible for offering the possibility to context sensitive help.
ILcyAddOnContainerListener	Listener that listens to changes in an addon container.
ILcyDataSourceListener	Listener that can be informed when data sources are being handled.
ILcyLucyEnv	This is the central backend of Lucy where all add-ons are registered, to which add-ons can add functionality and from which already added functionality can be retrieved.
ILcyLucyEnvListener	Listener for changes in a ILcyLucyEnv.
TLcyAddOnContainerEvent	Event thrown when the addon container has changed.
TLcyDataFormatManager	Manager that takes care of everything related to adding new data formats.
TLcyDataFormatManager.ALcyHandlerChooser	Class that represents the logic to choose a ILcdModelDecoder or ALcyDataSourceHandler out of a list of candidates.
TLcyDataFormatManager.ALcyMapComponentChooser	Class that represents the logic to choose one or multiple ILcyGenericMapComponent(s) out of a list of candidates.
TLcyDataSourceEvent	Event fired when a set of data sources is handled.
TLcyLucyEnvEvent	Event describing significant state changes in the Lucy backend.
TLcyLucyEnvFactory	Factory class to create a ILcyLucyEnv implementation.
TLcyMain	Lucy's default frontend.
TLcyPreferencesManager	Manager of preferences.
TLcyTabbedPaneLucyEnvFactory	A factory to create ILcyLucyEnvs that have a tabbed pane based application pane factory.
TLcyXMLAddOnLoader	Class that handles the addon loading.