com.lightdev.app
Class MenuApplication

java.lang.Object

  com.lightdev.app.Application

      com.lightdev.app.MenuApplication

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultApplication

public abstract class MenuApplication
extends Application

Application class that implements a menu from the application resource bundle

Version:

1, November 16, 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	menuSeparatorKey indicator for menu separators
static String	RB_KEY_APP_MENUBAR resource bundle key to identify the string to use to read the menu bar definition

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

MenuApplication()

MenuApplication(Level level, String logDir)
constructor Looks for a resource bundle which is named similar to the class name inside the package of this class

MenuApplication(OutputStream logStream, Level level, String logDir)
constructor Looks for a resource bundle which is named similar to the class name inside the package of this class

Method Summary

JMenu	createMenu(String key) Create a menu for the app.
JMenuBar	createMenubar(String name) Create a menu bar.
JMenuBar	createMenubar(String name, Color menuBackgroundColor) Create a menu bar.
JMenuItem	createMenuItem(String cmd) create a menu item
JToolBar	createToolBar(String nm) Create a tool bar.
JMenuItem	getMenuItem(String cmd)

Methods inherited from class com.lightdev.app.Application

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

RB_KEY_APP_MENUBAR

public static final String RB_KEY_APP_MENUBAR

resource bundle key to identify the string to use to read the menu bar definition

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Constant Field Values

menuSeparatorKey

public static final String menuSeparatorKey

indicator for menu separators

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MenuApplication

public MenuApplication()

MenuApplication

public MenuApplication(OutputStream logStream,

                       Level level,

                       String logDir)

constructor

Looks for a resource bundle which is named similar to the class name inside the package of this class

Parameters:

logStream - OutputStream the stream to log to

level - Level log level to recognize in logs

logDir - String a directory to log to (e.g. ".appName" + File.separator + "logs")

MenuApplication

public MenuApplication(Level level,

                       String logDir)

constructor

Looks for a resource bundle which is named similar to the class name inside the package of this class

Parameters:

level - Level log level to recognize in logs

logDir - String a directory to log to (e.g. ".appName" + File.separator + "logs")

Method Detail

createToolBar

public JToolBar createToolBar(String nm)

Create a tool bar. This reads the definition of a tool bar from the associated resource file.

Parameters:

resources - the ResourceBundle to get the tool bar definition from

nm - the name of the tool bar definition in the resource file

Returns:

the created tool bar

createMenubar

public JMenuBar createMenubar(String name)

Create a menu bar. This reads the definition of the menu from the associated resource file.

Parameters:

name - name of the menu bar definition

Returns:

the created menu bar

createMenubar

public JMenuBar createMenubar(String name,

                              Color menuBackgroundColor)

Create a menu bar. This reads the definition of the menu from the associated resource file.

Parameters:

name - name of the menu bar definition

menuBackgroundColor - background color of menu bar

Returns:

the menu bar created

createMenu

public JMenu createMenu(String key)

Create a menu for the app. This reads the definition of the menu from the associated resource file.

Parameters:

resources - the ResourceBundle to get the menu definition from

key - the key of the menu definition in the resource file

Returns:

the created menu

getMenuItem

public JMenuItem getMenuItem(String cmd)

createMenuItem

public JMenuItem createMenuItem(String cmd)

create a menu item

Parameters:

resources - the ResourceBundle to get the item definition from

cmd - the action command to be associated with the new menu item

Returns:

the created menu item