org.biolegato.core.pcdmenu.widgets
Class Chooser

java.lang.Object
  org.biolegato.core.pcdmenu.widgets.ListWidget
      org.biolegato.core.pcdmenu.widgets.Chooser

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.EventListener, Widget

public class Chooser
extends ListWidget
implements java.awt.event.ActionListener

Wrapper class for a group of radiobuttons. NOTE: This can be added to any JContainer since it extends JPanel.

Author:

Graham Alvare, Brian Fristensky

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.biolegato.core.pcdmenu.widgets.ListWidget

choices, label, value

Constructor Summary

Chooser(java.lang.String label, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> choices, java.lang.String value)
Creates a new instance of EZChooser.

Method Summary

void	actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e) Handles selection changes of the radio buttons.
void	close() Notifies the variable that the program has now completed successfully, and it can perform any closing operations
java.awt.Component	display() Displays the current object
java.lang.Object	getNewDefault() This function is used to maintain user variable settings from window to window.
static java.lang.String	getType() Returns the name of this type of variable.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Returns the value of the variable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Chooser

public Chooser(java.lang.String label,
               java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> choices,
               java.lang.String value)

Creates a new instance of EZChooser.

Parameters:

data - The value/name list of each of the radiobuttons

Method Detail

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e)

Handles selection changes of the radio buttons.

Specified by:

actionPerformed in interface java.awt.event.ActionListener

Parameters:

e - used to determine which button is selected (by use of getActionCommand()).

getType

public static java.lang.String getType()

Returns the name of this type of variable.

Returns:

"chooser" - the name of the variable type.

getNewDefault

public java.lang.Object getNewDefault()

This function is used to maintain user variable settings from window to window. Each time a runwindow is closed, this function is called to ensure that the next time the user opens the runwindow, the value of this variable will default to the same value the user picked the last time the runwindow was open.

Returns:

the new default value for the variable

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Returns the value of the variable.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Widget

Returns:

the current value of the variable

display

public java.awt.Component display()

Description copied from interface: Widget

Displays the current object

Specified by:

display in interface Widget

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: Widget

Notifies the variable that the program has now completed successfully, and it can perform any closing operations

Specified by:

close in interface Widget