com.partnersoft.gadgets

Class ActionBureau

java.lang.Object

com.partnersoft.gadgets.ActionBureau

public class ActionBureau
extends java.lang.Object

A bureau and dispatcher for named actions. Simply subclass this and add no-arg methods without return values; each of these are then available as named actions.

Also has some added fun: if you prefix your action with "App-", it tries to run the named (everything after the "App-") app via com.partnersoft.system.ModularLauncher.

Author:

Paul Reavis Copyright 1999 Partner Software, Inc.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ActionBureau()
ActionBureau(java.lang.Object newMethodProvider)
ActionBureau(java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addBusyToggleListener(ToggleListener nosey)
void	doAction(java.lang.String actionName)
void	doAction(java.lang.String actionName, java.lang.String... args)
void	doRegularActionImp(java.lang.String actionName, java.lang.String... args)
java.lang.Object	getMethodProvider()
java.lang.String	getName()
boolean	isAction(java.lang.String actionName)
boolean	isBusy()
boolean	isIgnoringRequestsWhileBusy()
boolean	isSynchronizingAllActions()
boolean	isUsingSeparateThread()
boolean	isVerbose()
void	removeBusyToggleListener(ToggleListener nosey)
void	setIgnoringRequestsWhileBusy(boolean tizit) Set this to true if you want the bureau to ignore requests for actions while it's busy doing another action.
void	setMethodProvider(java.lang.Object newMethodProvider)
void	setName(java.lang.String newName) This is the name used for threads and such.
void	setSynchronizingAllActions(boolean tizit) Set this to true if you want all actions to be synchronized.
void	setUsingSeparateThread(boolean newUsingSeparateThread) Set to true if you want it to be multithreaded.
void	setVerbose(boolean tizit)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ActionBureau

public ActionBureau()

ActionBureau

public ActionBureau(java.lang.Object newMethodProvider)

ActionBureau

public ActionBureau(java.lang.String name)

Method Detail

doAction

public void doAction(java.lang.String actionName)

doAction

public void doAction(java.lang.String actionName,
            java.lang.String... args)

isAction

public boolean isAction(java.lang.String actionName)

isSynchronizingAllActions

public boolean isSynchronizingAllActions()

setSynchronizingAllActions

public void setSynchronizingAllActions(boolean tizit)

Set this to true if you want all actions to be synchronized.

isIgnoringRequestsWhileBusy

public boolean isIgnoringRequestsWhileBusy()

setIgnoringRequestsWhileBusy

public void setIgnoringRequestsWhileBusy(boolean tizit)

Set this to true if you want the bureau to ignore requests for actions while it's busy doing another action. This is useful for GUIs, when you don't want things to pile up just because a user hit the "Go" button a half-dozen times.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

addBusyToggleListener

public void addBusyToggleListener(ToggleListener nosey)

removeBusyToggleListener

public void removeBusyToggleListener(ToggleListener nosey)

isBusy

public boolean isBusy()

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String newName)

This is the name used for threads and such.

isUsingSeparateThread

public boolean isUsingSeparateThread()

setUsingSeparateThread

public void setUsingSeparateThread(boolean newUsingSeparateThread)

Set to true if you want it to be multithreaded.

isVerbose

public boolean isVerbose()

setVerbose

public void setVerbose(boolean tizit)

getMethodProvider

public java.lang.Object getMethodProvider()

setMethodProvider

public void setMethodProvider(java.lang.Object newMethodProvider)

doRegularActionImp

public void doRegularActionImp(java.lang.String actionName,
                      java.lang.String... args)