Package adams.gui.application

Class AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition

java.lang.Object

adams.gui.application.AbstractMenuItemDefinition

adams.gui.application.AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AbstractMenuItemDefinition>

Direct Known Subclasses:

About, AbstractClassifierBasedGeneticAlgorithmWizard, AbstractJDKMenuItemDefinition, AbstractParameterHandlingMenuItemDefinition, AbstractSequenceViewer, AbstractURLMenuItemDefinition, AbstractWekaMenuItemDefinition, ActorUsage, AppendDatasets, BatchFilterDatasets, ClassHelp, ConfigureOptionHandler, ConnectToDatabases, ConsoleWindow, ContainerNesting, DateTest, Documentation, EmailAddressBook, FavoritesManagement, FileChooserBookmarksManagement, FindClass, FindInFiles, GarbageCollector, GroovyConsole, ImageProcessor, LogEntryDatabaseViewer, MakeCompatibleDatasets, MemoryMonitor, MergeDatasets, NestedFormatViewer, OptionsConversion, OptionTree, PlaceholderManagement, PlotPanelTest, Preferences, PrettyPrintJSON, PrettyPrintXML, PreviewBrowser, ProgramExit, ProgramLookAndFeel, ProgramRestart, ProgramRestartWithMoreHeap, ProgramUserMode, PropertiesViewer, RegExpTest, RunTool, ScriptingLog, SendErrorReport, SpreadSheetProcessor, SqlWorkbench, SSH, StringConversion, SystemInfo, SystemPerformance, TakeScreenshot, Terminal, TimeseriesExplorer, XSLT

public abstract class AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition
extends AbstractMenuItemDefinition

Abstract ancestor for definining menu items in the ApplicationFrame menu.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class adams.gui.application.AbstractMenuItemDefinition

CATEGORY_HELP, CATEGORY_MACHINELEARNING, CATEGORY_MAINTENANCE, CATEGORY_PROGRAM, CATEGORY_TOOLS, CATEGORY_VISUALIZATION, CATEGORY_WIZARD, m_Owner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition()	Initializes the menu item with no owner.
AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition(AbstractApplicationFrame owner)	Initializes the menu item.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JMenuItem	getMenuItem()	Returns the JMenuItem to use.
protected boolean	getUseThread()	Whether to use a simple runnable for launching or a separate thread.
abstract void	launch()	Launches the functionality of the menu item.
void	postLaunch()	Hook method that gets executed just after calling "launch()".
void	preLaunch()	Hook method that gets executed just before calling "launch()".

Methods inherited from class adams.gui.application.AbstractMenuItemDefinition

compareTo, createChildFrame, createChildFrame, equals, forCommandLine, forName, getActualCategory, getCategory, getIcon, getIconName, getLogger, getOwner, getTitle, getUserMode, initialize, isAvailable, isSingleton, requiresRestartableApplication, setOwner

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition

public AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition()

Initializes the menu item with no owner.

AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition

public AbstractBasicMenuItemDefinition(AbstractApplicationFrame owner)

Initializes the menu item.

Parameters:

owner - the owning application

Method Detail

getUseThread

protected boolean getUseThread()

Whether to use a simple runnable for launching or a separate thread.

Returns:

true if to use separate thread

preLaunch

public void preLaunch()

Hook method that gets executed just before calling "launch()".

Default implementation does nothing.

launch

public abstract void launch()

Launches the functionality of the menu item.

postLaunch

public void postLaunch()

Hook method that gets executed just after calling "launch()".

Default implementation does nothing.

getMenuItem

public JMenuItem getMenuItem()

Returns the JMenuItem to use.

Specified by:

getMenuItem in class AbstractMenuItemDefinition

Returns:

the menu item

See Also:

launch()