com.lightdev.app
Class DefaultApplication

java.lang.Object

  com.lightdev.app.Application

      com.lightdev.app.MenuApplication

          com.lightdev.app.DefaultApplication

Direct Known Subclasses:

MDIApplication

public class DefaultApplication
extends MenuApplication

Default application class

This class can be used as an example for how to make use of the Light Development Application Package. It extends the abstract base class MenuApplication which in turn extends Application and initializes some basic elements such as a resource bundle or an action to exit the application.

Version:

2, February 12, 2004

Author:

Ulrich Hilger, Light Development, http://www.lightdev.com, info@lightdev.com, published under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, for details see file in the distribution package of this software as well as any licensing notes inside this documentation

Field Summary

static String	ACTION_ABOUT_APP name of the action that shows information about this application
static String	ACTION_EXIT_APP name of the action that exits this application
static String	ACTION_SHOW_HELP_CONTENTS name of the action that shows help for this application

Fields inherited from class com.lightdev.app.MenuApplication

menuSeparatorKey, RB_KEY_APP_MENUBAR

Fields inherited from class com.lightdev.app.Application

actionSuffix, APP_HELP_NAME, imageSuffix, JAVA_HELP_EXT, labelSuffix, logger, RB_KEY_ABOUT_APP_DIALOG_TITLE, RB_KEY_LOG_APP_CAN_NOT_EXIT, RB_KEY_LOG_APP_STARTED, RB_KEY_LOG_APP_TERMINATED, RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND, resources, selectedIconSuffix, toolTipSuffix, URL_SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

DefaultApplication()
constructor

DefaultApplication(Level level, String logDir)

DefaultApplication(Level level, String logDir, boolean showUi)

DefaultApplication(OutputStream logStream, Level level, String logDir, boolean showUi)

Method Summary

static MainFrame	findMainFrame() find the application's main frame
protected void	initActions() initialize this application's action table
protected void	initMainFrame(boolean showUi) initialize this application's main frame
static void	main(String[] args) main method

Methods inherited from class com.lightdev.app.MenuApplication

createMenu, createMenubar, createMenubar, createMenuItem, createToolBar, getMenuItem

Methods inherited from class com.lightdev.app.Application

about, addAction, canExit, exitApplication, getAction, getAppName, getBundle, getHelpBroker, getIconForCommand, getIconForName, getResource, getResourceString, log, logStackTrace, setLogging, setLogLevel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ACTION_EXIT_APP

public static final String ACTION_EXIT_APP

name of the action that exits this application

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Constant Field Values

ACTION_ABOUT_APP

public static final String ACTION_ABOUT_APP

name of the action that shows information about this application

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Constant Field Values

ACTION_SHOW_HELP_CONTENTS

public static final String ACTION_SHOW_HELP_CONTENTS

name of the action that shows help for this application

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DefaultApplication

public DefaultApplication()

constructor

DefaultApplication

public DefaultApplication(Level level,

                          String logDir)

DefaultApplication

public DefaultApplication(Level level,

                          String logDir,

                          boolean showUi)

DefaultApplication

public DefaultApplication(OutputStream logStream,

                          Level level,

                          String logDir,

                          boolean showUi)

Method Detail

initActions

protected void initActions()

initialize this application's action table

Overrides:

initActions in class Application

initMainFrame

protected void initMainFrame(boolean showUi)

initialize this application's main frame

findMainFrame

public static MainFrame findMainFrame()

find the application's main frame

Returns:

MainFrame the main frame of this application or null, if none was found

main

public static void main(String[] args)

main method

Parameters:

args - String[] command line arguments