org.biolegato.gdesupport.files
Class CharacterColourMaskReader

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter
      org.biolegato.gdesupport.files.CharacterColourMaskReader

public class CharacterColourMaskReader
extends javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

Used to select colour masks.

Author:

Graham Alvare, Brian Fristensky

Constructor Summary

CharacterColourMaskReader()
Creates a new instance of GDEColourMaskFile

Method Summary

boolean	accept(java.io.File f) Determines whether a file is of type "character colour mask"
java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns the description of "character colour mask"
static ColourMask	readColourMaskFile(java.io.File file) Reads and parses a colour mask file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacterColourMaskReader

public CharacterColourMaskReader()

Creates a new instance of GDEColourMaskFile

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(java.io.File f)

Determines whether a file is of type "character colour mask"

Specified by:

accept in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

Parameters:

f - the file to test

Returns:

true if the file is of type "character colour mask"

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns the description of "character colour mask"

Specified by:

getDescription in class javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

Returns:

the string "Character-based colour mask file"

readColourMaskFile

public static ColourMask readColourMaskFile(java.io.File file)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Reads and parses a colour mask file.

Parameters:

file - the file to read.

Returns:

an array of colour masks defined by the file.

Throws:

java.io.IOException