org.openide.nodes
Interface Node.Handle

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultHandle

Enclosing class:

Node

public static interface Node.Handle

extends Serializable

Serializable node reference. The node should not be serialized directly but via this handle. One can obtain a handle by a call to Node.getHandle().

If that methods returns a non-null value, one can serialize it, and after deserialization use getNode() to obtain the original node.

Field Summary

static long

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

Node	getNode() Reconstitute the node for this handle.

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

Method Detail

getNode

public Node getNode()
             throws IOException

Reconstitute the node for this handle.

Returns:

the node for this handle

Throws:

IOException - if the node cannot be created