SuperLayer Window Manager

The SuperLayer Window Manager implements the standard notion of a SuperLayer A SuperLayer Window Manager which manage the following elements:

• A Cockpit, containing one or more Displays
• Displays, each Displays containing a list of possibe Layouts. There can be only one active Layout at any time for one Display
• A list of Layouts for the Cockpit. Each Layout contains a list of Windows
• A list of Windows. Each Window has a geometry and contains either:
• a list of Layers. Depending on the "oneOf" attribute of the Window, several Layers can be present in the Window at the same time, or only one at a time
• or a list of Layouts. There can be only one active Layout at any time for the Window

Configuration

The SuperLayer configuration specifies the cockpit. See SuperLayer configuration.

Associated widgets definition

The ARINC 661 standard associates a cockpit definition to a Layer which is called a SuperLayer. To each cockpit notion corresponds an ARINC 661 widget:

Cockpit Element	Widget	Remark
Display	MutuallyExclusiveContainer	The MutuallyExclusiveContainer allows to choose between the possible Layouts of the Display
Layout	BasicContainer
Window	Panel
WindowSelector	MutuallyExclusiveContainer	This element exists in two cases: if the Window contains Layers and its type is "OneOf", only one Layer must be chosen among all the possible Layers in the Window: The MutuallyExclusiveContainer allows to choose among the possible Layers in this Window if the Window contains Layouts, the MutuallyExclusiveContainer allows to choose among the possible Layouts in this Window
Layer	Connector or DataConnector	The Connector widget specifies the reference to the effective Layer. The DataConnector carries additional information