ptolemy.vergil.toolbox

Class MenuActionFactory

java.lang.Object

ptolemy.vergil.toolbox.MenuActionFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

MenuItemFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

RadioMenuActionFactory

public class MenuActionFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements MenuItemFactory

A factory that adds a given action or set of actions to a context menu. If an array of actions is given to the constructor, then the actions will be put in a submenu with the specified label.

Since:

Ptolemy II 1.0

Version:

$Id: MenuActionFactory.java 70398 2014-10-22 23:44:32Z cxh $

Author:

Steve Neuendorffer

Accepted Rating:

Red (johnr)

Proposed Rating:

Red (eal)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MenuActionFactory(javax.swing.Action action) Construct a factory that adds a given action to a given context menu.
MenuActionFactory(javax.swing.Action[] actions, java.lang.String label) Construct a factory that adds a given group of actions to a given context menu in a submenu with the specified label.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected javax.swing.JMenuItem	_add(JContextMenu menu, javax.swing.Action action, java.lang.String tooltip) Add an action to the context menu.
protected javax.swing.JMenuItem	_add(javax.swing.JMenu submenu, javax.swing.Action action) Add an action to the submenu.
void	addAction(javax.swing.Action action) Add an action to the pre-existing group of actions.
void	addAction(javax.swing.Action action, java.lang.String label) Add an action to the pre-existing group of actions.
void	addActions(javax.swing.Action[] actions, java.lang.String label) Add a set of action to the pre-existing group of actions.
void	addMenuItemListener(MenuItemListener listener) Add a menu item listener to the list of menu item listeners.
javax.swing.JMenuItem	create(JContextMenu menu, NamedObj object) Add an item to the given context menu that will configure the parameters on the given target.
boolean	substitute(javax.swing.Action oldAction, javax.swing.Action newAction) Substitute the old action with the new action, if the old action is added to this factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MenuActionFactory

public MenuActionFactory(javax.swing.Action action)

Construct a factory that adds a given action to a given context menu.

Parameters:

action - The action to be associated with the context menu.

MenuActionFactory

public MenuActionFactory(javax.swing.Action[] actions,
                         java.lang.String label)

Construct a factory that adds a given group of actions to a given context menu in a submenu with the specified label.

Parameters:

actions - The actions to be in the submenu.

label - The label for the submenu.

Method Detail

addAction

public void addAction(javax.swing.Action action)

Add an action to the pre-existing group of actions.

Parameters:

action - The action to add.

addAction

public void addAction(javax.swing.Action action,
                      java.lang.String label)

Add an action to the pre-existing group of actions. If this was constructed with the single argument, then this converts the menu action into a submenu with the specified label.

Parameters:

action - The action to add.

label - The label to give to the menu group.

addActions

public void addActions(javax.swing.Action[] actions,
                       java.lang.String label)

Add a set of action to the pre-existing group of actions. If this was constructed with the single argument, then this converts the menu action into a submenu with the specified label.

Parameters:

actions - The actions to add.

label - The label to give to the menu group if it previously not a menu group.

addMenuItemListener

public void addMenuItemListener(MenuItemListener listener)

Add a menu item listener to the list of menu item listeners.

Parameters:

listener - The menu item listener.

create

public javax.swing.JMenuItem create(JContextMenu menu,
                                    NamedObj object)

Add an item to the given context menu that will configure the parameters on the given target.

Specified by:

create in interface MenuItemFactory

Parameters:

menu - The context menu to add to.

object - The object that the menu item command will operate on.

Returns:

A menu item, or null to decline to provide a menu item.

substitute

public boolean substitute(javax.swing.Action oldAction,
                          javax.swing.Action newAction)

Substitute the old action with the new action, if the old action is added to this factory.

Parameters:

oldAction - The old action.

newAction - The new action.

Returns:

true if the old action is found and is substituted; false if the old action is not added to this factory.

_add

protected javax.swing.JMenuItem _add(JContextMenu menu,
                                     javax.swing.Action action,
                                     java.lang.String tooltip)

Add an action to the context menu.

Parameters:

menu - The context menu.

action - The action to be added to the context menu.

tooltip - The tooltip for the action.

Returns:

The added menu item.

_add

protected javax.swing.JMenuItem _add(javax.swing.JMenu submenu,
                                     javax.swing.Action action)

Add an action to the submenu.

Parameters:

submenu - The submenu.

action - The action to be added to the submenu.

Returns:

The added menu item.