gov.sns.application.demo
Class Main

java.lang.Object
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  +--gov.sns.application.ApplicationAdaptor
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        +--gov.sns.application.demo.Main

All Implemented Interfaces:

ApplicationListener

public class Main

extends ApplicationAdaptor

Main is a demo concrete subclass of ApplicationAdaptor. This demo application is a simple plain text editor that demonstrates how to build a simple application using the application framework.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class gov.sns.application.ApplicationAdaptor

docURLs

Constructor Summary

Main()
Constructor

Method Summary

void	applicationFinishedLaunching() Capture the application launched event and print it.
java.lang.String	applicationName() Specifies the name of my application.
protected void	customizeCommands(Commander commander) Register actions for the Special menu items.
void	editPreferences(XalDocument document) Implement a preference panel for the document in this case.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) The main method of the application.
XalDocument	newDocument(java.net.URL url) Implement this method to return an instance of my custom document corresponding to the specified URL.
XalDocument	newEmptyDocument() Implement this method to return an instance of my custom document.
java.lang.String[]	readableDocumentTypes() Returns the text file suffixes of files this application can open.
protected void	updateActions() Update the action enable states.
java.lang.String[]	writableDocumentTypes() Returns the text file suffixes of files this application can write.

Methods inherited from class gov.sns.application.ApplicationAdaptor

applicationWillQuit, documentClosed, documentCreated, getApplicationHelpPath, getApplicationInfoPath, getDocURLs, getMenuDefinitionPath, getPathToResource, getResourcesPath, setOptions, usesConsole

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Main

public Main()

Constructor

Method Detail

readableDocumentTypes

public java.lang.String[] readableDocumentTypes()

Returns the text file suffixes of files this application can open.

Specified by:

readableDocumentTypes in class ApplicationAdaptor

Returns:

Suffixes of readable files

writableDocumentTypes

public java.lang.String[] writableDocumentTypes()

Returns the text file suffixes of files this application can write.

Specified by:

writableDocumentTypes in class ApplicationAdaptor

Returns:

Suffixes of writable files

newEmptyDocument

public XalDocument newEmptyDocument()

Implement this method to return an instance of my custom document.

Specified by:

newEmptyDocument in class ApplicationAdaptor

Returns:

An instance of my custom document.

newDocument

public XalDocument newDocument(java.net.URL url)

Implement this method to return an instance of my custom document corresponding to the specified URL.

Specified by:

newDocument in class ApplicationAdaptor

Parameters:

url - The URL of the file to open.

Returns:

An instance of my custom document.

applicationName

public java.lang.String applicationName()

Specifies the name of my application.

Specified by:

applicationName in class ApplicationAdaptor

Returns:

Name of my application.

editPreferences

public void editPreferences(XalDocument document)

Implement a preference panel for the document in this case. One could implement application wide preferences or a combination of both application and document preferences. This method is optional to define. If this method is missing, the preferences menu item will be disabled. Here we demonstrate how to implement a simple preference panel for a document.

Overrides:

editPreferences in class ApplicationAdaptor

Parameters:

document - The document whose preferences are being changed. Subclass may ignore.

customizeCommands

protected void customizeCommands(Commander commander)

Register actions for the Special menu items. These actions simply print to standard output or standard error. This code demonstrates how to define custom actions for menus and the toolbar This method is optional. You may similarly define actions in the document class if those actions are document specific. Here the actions are application wide.

Overrides:

customizeCommands in class ApplicationAdaptor

Parameters:

commander - The commander with which to register the custom commands.

See Also:

Commander.registerAction(Action)

updateActions

protected void updateActions()

Update the action enable states. This method demonstrates how to enable or disable menu or toolbar items. Often this is unnecessary, but it is included to demonstrate how to do this if you wish to provide this kind of feedback to the user.

applicationFinishedLaunching

public void applicationFinishedLaunching()

Capture the application launched event and print it. This is an optional hook that can be used to do something useful at the end of the application launch.

Overrides:

applicationFinishedLaunching in class ApplicationAdaptor

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

The main method of the application.