Interface IHelp


  • public interface IHelp
    Common way of calling the help topics, regardless of the underlying system (for example: eclipse application or simple Java application).
    • Method Detail

      • showWiki

        void showWiki​(String topic)
        Shows a given topic of the Okapi Wiki.
        Parameters:
        topic - the name of the topic. Any space will be replaced automatically by '_'.
      • showTopic

        void showTopic​(Object object,
                       String filename,
                       String query)
        Shows the help for a given topic.
        Parameters:
        object - the object for which the help is to be displayed. The package name of this parameter is used to compute the location of the help file.
        filename - the filename of the topic to call. The location is computed for the package path of the object parameter.
        query - an option query string, or null.
      • showTopic

        void showTopic​(Object object,
                       String filename)
        Shows the help for a given topic.
        Parameters:
        object - the object for which the help is to be displayed. The package name of this parameter is used to compute the location of the help file.
        filename - the filename of the topic to call. The location is computed for the package path of the object parameter.