001 // License: GPL. Copyright 2007 by Immanuel Scholz and others 002 package org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.preferences; 003 004 /** 005 * Preference settings, that display a top level tab. 006 * 007 * This preference setting's addGui method is called after the user clicked the tab. 008 */ 009 public interface TabPreferenceSetting extends PreferenceSetting { 010 011 /** 012 * Called during preferences dialog initialization to display the preferences tab with the returned icon. 013 * @return The icon name in the preferences folder. 014 */ 015 public String getIconName(); 016 017 /** 018 * Called during preferences tab initialization to display its title. 019 * @return The title of this preferences tab. 020 */ 021 String getTitle(); 022 023 /** 024 * Called during preferences dialog initialization to display the preferences tab with the returned tooltip. 025 * @return The tooltip of this preferences tab. 026 */ 027 public String getTooltip(); 028 029 /** 030 * Called during preferences tab initialization to display a description in one sentence for this tab. 031 * Will be displayedin italic under the title. 032 * @return The description of this preferences tab. 033 */ 034 public String getDescription(); 035 }