Router

All Known Subinterfaces:

ManhattanRouter

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicManhattanRouter, IncrManhattanRouter
```
public interface Router
```
A Router is an object that can be used to help a connector route itself. Specific implementations of Router are used by connectors according to the Shape that they use to draw themselves.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Michael Shilman, John Reekie

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`reroute(Connector c, java.awt.Shape s)`	Reroute the given shape, given that both the head the tail sites moved.
`void`	`rerouteHead(Connector c, java.awt.Shape s)`	Reroute the given Shape, given that the head site moved.
`void`	`rerouteTail(Connector c, java.awt.Shape s)`	Reroute the given Shape, given that the tail site moved.
`java.awt.Shape`	`route(Connector c)`	Route the given connector, returning a shape of the appropriate type that it can used to draw itself with.

- Method Detail
  - rerouteHead
```
void rerouteHead(Connector c,
                 java.awt.Shape s)
```
    Reroute the given Shape, given that the head site moved. The router can assume that the tail site has not moved. The shape is modified by the router.
  - rerouteTail
```
void rerouteTail(Connector c,
                 java.awt.Shape s)
```
    Reroute the given Shape, given that the tail site moved. The router can assume that the head site has not moved. The shape is modified by the router.
  - reroute
```
void reroute(Connector c,
             java.awt.Shape s)
```
    Reroute the given shape, given that both the head the tail sites moved. The shape is modified by the router.
  - route
```
java.awt.Shape route(Connector c)
```
    Route the given connector, returning a shape of the appropriate type that it can used to draw itself with.