org.eu.sk.zero.acd
Class ModuleAdapter

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ModuleAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Module

public abstract class ModuleAdapter

extends Object

implements Module

Module adapter class. Module should create cpomonent types, add velue types to the component types, add methods and triggers to the component types. To create a module, cubclass ModuleAdapter and override its constructor

Version:

$Id: ModuleAdapter.java,v 1.3 2003/04/12 17:26:23 robo Exp $

See Also:

ComponentType, ValueType, Method, Trigger

Field Summary

protected Collection	actions Add your defined actions to this container
protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ACD	app Application reference.
protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ComponentTypes	areaTypes Add your defined component types to this container
protected String	author Author identification.
protected ClassLoader	cloader Module class loader.
protected String	desc Longer module description
protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ComponentTypes	edgeTypes Add your defined component types to this container
protected String	name Name of the module
protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ComponentTypes	nodeTypes Add your defined component types to this container

Constructor Summary

ModuleAdapter()
To create a module, subclass the ModuleAdapter class and override this constructor.

Method Summary

Collection	getActions() Exported actions.
Collection	getAreaTypes() Only called from the application.
String	getAuthor() Author and copyright information.
String	getDescription() Longer module description.
Collection	getEdgeTypes() Only called from the application.
String	getName() Name of the module.
Collection	getNodeTypes() Only called from the application.
void	setApplication(org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ACD a) Reference to the application itself.
String	toString()
protected URL	url(String fileName) Converts a filename to url.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected String name

Name of the module

author

protected String author

Author identification. Possibly including copyright information

desc

protected String desc

Longer module description

nodeTypes

protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ComponentTypes nodeTypes

Add your defined component types to this container

edgeTypes

protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ComponentTypes edgeTypes

Add your defined component types to this container

areaTypes

protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ComponentTypes areaTypes

Add your defined component types to this container

actions

protected Collection actions

Add your defined actions to this container

app

protected org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ACD app

Application reference.

cloader

protected ClassLoader cloader

Module class loader.

Constructor Detail

ModuleAdapter

public ModuleAdapter()

To create a module, subclass the ModuleAdapter class and override this constructor.

Method Detail

getNodeTypes

public Collection getNodeTypes()

Only called from the application. Called when loading the module to add all node types defined in this module

Specified by:

getNodeTypes in interface Module

getEdgeTypes

public Collection getEdgeTypes()

Only called from the application. Called when loading the module to add all edge types defined in this module

Specified by:

getEdgeTypes in interface Module

getAreaTypes

public Collection getAreaTypes()

Only called from the application. Called when loading the module to add all area types defined in this module

Specified by:

getAreaTypes in interface Module

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: Module

Name of the module.

Specified by:

getName in interface Module

getAuthor

public String getAuthor()

Description copied from interface: Module

Author and copyright information.

Specified by:

getAuthor in interface Module

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: Module

Longer module description.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Module

getActions

public Collection getActions()

Description copied from interface: Module

Exported actions. Only objects implementing javax.swing.Action must be contained in the returned collection

Specified by:

getActions in interface Module

setApplication

public void setApplication(org.eu.sk.zero.acd.ACD a)

Description copied from interface: Module

Reference to the application itself. Application calls this right after the module object is created.

Specified by:

setApplication in interface Module

url

protected URL url(String fileName)

Converts a filename to url. Use this to retrieve resources from module jar.