pop.gui
Class AbstractStep

java.lang.Object
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  +--javax.swing.AbstractAction
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        +--pop.gui.AbstractStep

Direct Known Subclasses:

DataAction, DetailedAction, LoadAction, RunAction, SaveAction, SetupAction, SummaryAction

public abstract class AbstractStep

extends javax.swing.AbstractAction

Abstract ancestor of all actions. Provides various generic tools for them. These subclasses must implement the required actionPerformed() also.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Inner Class Summary

protected class	AbstractStep.StepFrame Used by subclasses to simplify their own frames.
protected class	AbstractStep.StepTableModel Adequate table model for most of the subclasses; mostly taken from TableEditDemo.java, http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	input_filename
protected static ActionManager	manager
protected static java.lang.String	user_directory

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.AbstractAction

changeSupport, enabled

Constructor Summary

AbstractStep(java.lang.String s)
Simply invokes parent constructor

Method Summary

protected boolean	choose_input_file(java.lang.String filetype, javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter filter) Utility for choosing a filename.
void	clear_done() Resets an action's name to indicate not completed.
protected int	confirm(java.awt.Container container, java.lang.Object[][] data) Utility for dialog to confirm data entry.
protected boolean	has_manager() A way for subclasses to check manager available.
protected void	inform(java.lang.Object information) Displays information dialog to user.
static void	set_manager(ActionManager m) Assigns the Manager that actions can ask to things like displaying their internal frames.
protected void	setUpIntegerEditor(javax.swing.JTable table) Used to set default table editor for whole numbers.
void	show_done() Resets an action's name to indicate completion.
protected javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet	timesRoman() Utility for TimesRoman attribute set.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.AbstractAction

actionPerformed, addPropertyChangeListener, clone, firePropertyChange, getValue, isEnabled, putValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setEnabled

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

manager

protected static ActionManager manager

user_directory

protected static java.lang.String user_directory

input_filename

protected java.lang.String input_filename

Constructor Detail

AbstractStep

public AbstractStep(java.lang.String s)

Simply invokes parent constructor

Method Detail

set_manager

public static void set_manager(ActionManager m)

Assigns the Manager that actions can ask to things like displaying their internal frames. Maintains a static variable, so it just has to be invoked once to apply to all actions. BUT ... it must be invoked at least once.

has_manager

protected boolean has_manager()

A way for subclasses to check manager available.

setUpIntegerEditor

protected void setUpIntegerEditor(javax.swing.JTable table)

Used to set default table editor for whole numbers. From TableEditDemo.java, http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial.

show_done

public void show_done()

Resets an action's name to indicate completion.

clear_done

public void clear_done()

Resets an action's name to indicate not completed.

choose_input_file

protected boolean choose_input_file(java.lang.String filetype,
                                    javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter filter)

Utility for choosing a filename.

inform

protected void inform(java.lang.Object information)

Displays information dialog to user.

timesRoman

protected javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet timesRoman()

Utility for TimesRoman attribute set.

confirm

protected int confirm(java.awt.Container container,
                      java.lang.Object[][] data)

Utility for dialog to confirm data entry.

Parameters:

data - - TableModel with two columns: (1) Variable ID; (2) Variable Value.