Package adams.gui.core

Class BaseMenu

java.lang.Object

java.awt.Component

java.awt.Container

javax.swing.JComponent

javax.swing.AbstractButton

javax.swing.JMenuItem

javax.swing.JMenu

adams.gui.core.BaseMenu

All Implemented Interfaces:

ImageObserver, ItemSelectable, MenuContainer, Serializable, Accessible, MenuElement, SwingConstants

public class BaseMenu
extends JMenu

Extended JMenu class that also supports sorting of its menu items.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JMenu

JMenu.AccessibleJMenu, JMenu.WinListener

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JMenuItem

JMenuItem.AccessibleJMenuItem

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.AbstractButton

AbstractButton.AccessibleAbstractButton, AbstractButton.ButtonChangeListener

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

JComponent.AccessibleJComponent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Container

Container.AccessibleAWTContainer

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component

Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.JMenu

popupListener

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.AbstractButton

actionListener, BORDER_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY, changeEvent, changeListener, CONTENT_AREA_FILLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY, DISABLED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY, DISABLED_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY, FOCUS_PAINTED_CHANGED_PROPERTY, HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY, HORIZONTAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY, ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY, itemListener, MARGIN_CHANGED_PROPERTY, MNEMONIC_CHANGED_PROPERTY, model, MODEL_CHANGED_PROPERTY, PRESSED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY, ROLLOVER_ENABLED_CHANGED_PROPERTY, ROLLOVER_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY, ROLLOVER_SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY, SELECTED_ICON_CHANGED_PROPERTY, TEXT_CHANGED_PROPERTY, VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CHANGED_PROPERTY, VERTICAL_TEXT_POSITION_CHANGED_PROPERTY

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

listenerList, TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY, ui, UNDEFINED_CONDITION, WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT, WHEN_FOCUSED, WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

accessibleContext, BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH

Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.SwingConstants

BOTTOM, CENTER, EAST, HORIZONTAL, LEADING, LEFT, NEXT, NORTH, NORTH_EAST, NORTH_WEST, PREVIOUS, RIGHT, SOUTH, SOUTH_EAST, SOUTH_WEST, TOP, TRAILING, VERTICAL, WEST

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BaseMenu()	Constructs a new BaseMenu with no text.
BaseMenu(String s)	Constructs a new BaseMenu with the supplied string as its text.
BaseMenu(String s, boolean b)	Constructs a new BaseMenu with the supplied string as its text and specified as a tear-off menu or not.
BaseMenu(Action a)	Constructs a menu whose properties are taken from the Action supplied.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JMenuItem	add(Action a)	Creates a new menu item attached to the specified Action object and appends it to the end of this menu.
static BaseMenu	createCascadingMenu(List<JMenuItem> menuitems, int max, String more)	Creates a cascading menu that has at most "max entries".
static BaseMenu	createCascadingMenu(JMenuItem[] menuitems, int max, String more)	Creates a cascading menu that has at most "max entries".
JMenuItem	insert(Action a, int pos)	Inserts a new menu item attached to the specified Action object at a given position.
void	sort()	Sorts the menu items alphabetically.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JMenu

add, add, add, add, addMenuListener, addSeparator, applyComponentOrientation, createActionChangeListener, createActionComponent, createWinListener, doClick, fireMenuCanceled, fireMenuDeselected, fireMenuSelected, getAccessibleContext, getComponent, getDelay, getItem, getItemCount, getMenuComponent, getMenuComponentCount, getMenuComponents, getMenuListeners, getPopupMenu, getPopupMenuOrigin, getSubElements, getUIClassID, insert, insert, insertSeparator, isMenuComponent, isPopupMenuVisible, isSelected, isTearOff, isTopLevelMenu, menuSelectionChanged, paramString, processKeyEvent, remove, remove, remove, removeAll, removeMenuListener, setAccelerator, setComponentOrientation, setDelay, setMenuLocation, setModel, setPopupMenuVisible, setSelected, updateUI

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JMenuItem

actionPropertyChanged, addMenuDragMouseListener, addMenuKeyListener, configurePropertiesFromAction, fireMenuDragMouseDragged, fireMenuDragMouseEntered, fireMenuDragMouseExited, fireMenuDragMouseReleased, fireMenuKeyPressed, fireMenuKeyReleased, fireMenuKeyTyped, getAccelerator, getMenuDragMouseListeners, getMenuKeyListeners, init, isArmed, processKeyEvent, processMenuDragMouseEvent, processMenuKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, removeMenuDragMouseListener, removeMenuKeyListener, setArmed, setEnabled, setUI

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.AbstractButton

addActionListener, addChangeListener, addImpl, addItemListener, checkHorizontalKey, checkVerticalKey, createActionListener, createActionPropertyChangeListener, createChangeListener, createItemListener, doClick, fireActionPerformed, fireItemStateChanged, fireStateChanged, getAction, getActionCommand, getActionListeners, getChangeListeners, getDisabledIcon, getDisabledSelectedIcon, getDisplayedMnemonicIndex, getHideActionText, getHorizontalAlignment, getHorizontalTextPosition, getIcon, getIconTextGap, getItemListeners, getLabel, getMargin, getMnemonic, getModel, getMultiClickThreshhold, getPressedIcon, getRolloverIcon, getRolloverSelectedIcon, getSelectedIcon, getSelectedObjects, getText, getUI, getVerticalAlignment, getVerticalTextPosition, imageUpdate, isBorderPainted, isContentAreaFilled, isFocusPainted, isRolloverEnabled, paintBorder, removeActionListener, removeChangeListener, removeItemListener, removeNotify, setAction, setActionCommand, setBorderPainted, setContentAreaFilled, setDisabledIcon, setDisabledSelectedIcon, setDisplayedMnemonicIndex, setFocusPainted, setHideActionText, setHorizontalAlignment, setHorizontalTextPosition, setIcon, setIconTextGap, setLabel, setLayout, setMargin, setMnemonic, setMnemonic, setMultiClickThreshhold, setPressedIcon, setRolloverEnabled, setRolloverIcon, setRolloverSelectedIcon, setSelectedIcon, setText, setUI, setVerticalAlignment, setVerticalTextPosition

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JComponent

addAncestorListener, addNotify, addVetoableChangeListener, computeVisibleRect, contains, createToolTip, disable, enable, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, fireVetoableChange, getActionForKeyStroke, getActionMap, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getAncestorListeners, getAutoscrolls, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBorder, getBounds, getClientProperty, getComponentGraphics, getComponentPopupMenu, getConditionForKeyStroke, getDebugGraphicsOptions, getDefaultLocale, getFontMetrics, getGraphics, getHeight, getInheritsPopupMenu, getInputMap, getInputMap, getInputVerifier, getInsets, getInsets, getListeners, getLocation, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getNextFocusableComponent, getPopupLocation, getPreferredSize, getRegisteredKeyStrokes, getRootPane, getSize, getToolTipLocation, getToolTipText, getToolTipText, getTopLevelAncestor, getTransferHandler, getVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, getVetoableChangeListeners, getVisibleRect, getWidth, getX, getY, grabFocus, hide, isDoubleBuffered, isLightweightComponent, isManagingFocus, isOpaque, isOptimizedDrawingEnabled, isPaintingForPrint, isPaintingOrigin, isPaintingTile, isRequestFocusEnabled, isValidateRoot, paint, paintChildren, paintComponent, paintImmediately, paintImmediately, print, printAll, printBorder, printChildren, printComponent, processComponentKeyEvent, processKeyBinding, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, putClientProperty, registerKeyboardAction, registerKeyboardAction, removeAncestorListener, removeVetoableChangeListener, repaint, repaint, requestDefaultFocus, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, resetKeyboardActions, reshape, revalidate, scrollRectToVisible, setActionMap, setAlignmentX, setAlignmentY, setAutoscrolls, setBackground, setBorder, setComponentPopupMenu, setDebugGraphicsOptions, setDefaultLocale, setDoubleBuffered, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFont, setForeground, setInheritsPopupMenu, setInputMap, setInputVerifier, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, setNextFocusableComponent, setOpaque, setPreferredSize, setRequestFocusEnabled, setToolTipText, setTransferHandler, setUI, setVerifyInputWhenFocusTarget, setVisible, unregisterKeyboardAction, update

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container

add, add, add, addContainerListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getComponentZOrder, getContainerListeners, getFocusTraversalKeys, getFocusTraversalPolicy, getLayout, getMousePosition, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, isFocusTraversalPolicySet, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paintComponents, preferredSize, printComponents, processContainerEvent, processEvent, removeContainerListener, setComponentZOrder, setFocusCycleRoot, setFocusTraversalPolicy, setFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, transferFocusDownCycle, validate, validateTree

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getBackground, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getForeground, getGraphicsConfiguration, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputContext, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocale, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getToolkit, getTreeLock, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, inside, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isPreferredSizeSet, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, postEvent, prepareImage, prepareImage, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, resize, resize, setBounds, setBounds, setCursor, setDropTarget, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setMixingCutoutShape, setName, setSize, setSize, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusUpCycle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface javax.swing.MenuElement

processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent

Constructor Detail

BaseMenu

public BaseMenu()

Constructs a new BaseMenu with no text.

BaseMenu

public BaseMenu(String s)

Constructs a new BaseMenu with the supplied string as its text.

Parameters:

s - the text for the menu label

BaseMenu

public BaseMenu(Action a)

Constructs a menu whose properties are taken from the Action supplied.

Parameters:

a - an Action

BaseMenu

public BaseMenu(String s,
                boolean b)

Constructs a new BaseMenu with the supplied string as its text and specified as a tear-off menu or not.

Parameters:

s - the text for the menu label

b - can the menu be torn off (not yet implemented)

Method Detail

add

public JMenuItem add(Action a)

Creates a new menu item attached to the specified Action object and appends it to the end of this menu.

Overrides:

add in class JMenu

Parameters:

a - the Action for the menu item to be added

See Also:

Action

insert

public JMenuItem insert(Action a,
                        int pos)

Inserts a new menu item attached to the specified Action object at a given position.

Overrides:

insert in class JMenu

Parameters:

a - the Action object for the menu item to add

pos - an integer specifying the position at which to add the new menu item

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the value of pos < 0

sort

public void sort()

Sorts the menu items alphabetically.

createCascadingMenu

public static BaseMenu createCascadingMenu(JMenuItem[] menuitems,
                                           int max,
                                           String more)

Creates a cascading menu that has at most "max entries". Ones the threshold is reached, a new submenu with the "more" label is introduced and subsequent entries are placed in their.

Parameters:

menuitems - the menuitems to create the menu from

max - the maximum number of items (+ one for the "more") to show

more - the text label for the sub-menu

Returns:

the menu

createCascadingMenu

public static BaseMenu createCascadingMenu(List<JMenuItem> menuitems,
                                           int max,
                                           String more)

Creates a cascading menu that has at most "max entries". Ones the threshold is reached, a new submenu with the "more" label is introduced and subsequent entries are placed in their.

Parameters:

menuitems - the menuitems to create the menu from

max - the maximum number of items (+ one for the "more") to show, use -1 for automatic maximum based on screen size

more - the text label for the sub-menu

Returns:

the menu