A Perspective is a top-level GUI Panel within Taverna 1.7.x Workbench.
A new Perspective can be added to Taverna 1.7.x by a class that implements the net.sf.taverna.perspectives.PerspectiveSPI interface. The name of the new class must be specified within a net.sf.taverna.perspectives.PerspectiveSPI file within the appropriate resources/META-INF/services directory.
The layout of the perspective is normally specified within the resources/META-INF/services directory by an XML file.
Example
net.sf.taverna.perspectives.DesignPerspective implements the net.sf.taverna.perspectives.WorkflowPerspective interface, an extension of the net.sf.taverna.perspectives.PerspectiveSPI interface.
public class DesignPerspective ... implements WorkflowPerspective {
public ImageIcon getButtonIcon() {
return TavernaIcons.editIcon;
}
public String getText() {
return "Design";
}
...
}
The file named net.sf.taverna.perspectives.PerspectiveSPI must contain the line:
net.sf.taverna.perspectives.DesignPerspective
