puzzled.actions
Class ActionManager

java.lang.Object
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public class ActionManager

extends java.lang.Object

Class responsible for initializing the action required by the application in order to build the menu bar, the toolbar, and the popub menu. It also has a few method for enabling or disabling some widgets depending on the state of the application.

Version:

1.54 24 March 99

Author:

Frédéric Demers

Constructor Summary

ActionManager(ProblemSolver parent_arg)
Constructor receiving the application reference as a parameter.

Method Summary

protected void	createEditMenu() Method defining the Edit Menu, its keyboard accelerators, and shortcuts.
protected void	createFileMenu() Method defining the File Menu, its keyboard accelerators, and shortcuts.
protected void	createHelpMenu() Method defining the Help Menu, its keyboard accelerators, and shortcuts.
protected void	createToolbar() Creates the toolbar by adding the actions onto the toolbar.
void	triggerNew(java.io.File theFile)
void	triggerOpen(java.io.File aFile)
void	triggerSave() This method creates a new event to simulate a Save action.
void	triggerSaveAs() This method creates a new event to simulate a SaveAs action.
void	updatePopupLAF(java.lang.String LAF_arg) Since the popup is built before the LAF is loaded, an explicit call to update its LAF is necessary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ActionManager

public ActionManager(ProblemSolver parent_arg)

Constructor receiving the application reference as a parameter. This constructor then saves this reference as a private instance variable so that the other methods can call the application's public methods.

Parameters:

arg_parent - the application reference used for callbacks

Method Detail

createToolbar

protected void createToolbar()

Creates the toolbar by adding the actions onto the toolbar. The icons are grouped and separated by a separator.

createFileMenu

protected void createFileMenu()

Method defining the File Menu, its keyboard accelerators, and shortcuts.

createEditMenu

protected void createEditMenu()

Method defining the Edit Menu, its keyboard accelerators, and shortcuts.

createHelpMenu

protected void createHelpMenu()

Method defining the Help Menu, its keyboard accelerators, and shortcuts.

updatePopupLAF

public void updatePopupLAF(java.lang.String LAF_arg)

Since the popup is built before the LAF is loaded, an explicit call to update its LAF is necessary

triggerSaveAs

public void triggerSaveAs()

This method creates a new event to simulate a SaveAs action. It is used when the user request to save the worksheet that has been modified but has not provided a name other than the noNameString defined in Powerflow.

triggerSave

public void triggerSave()

This method creates a new event to simulate a Save action. It is used when the user request to save the worksheet that has been modified.

triggerOpen

public void triggerOpen(java.io.File aFile)

triggerNew

public void triggerNew(java.io.File theFile)