com.tensegrity.skeleton.commands
Class PreferenceHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.skeleton.commands.PreferenceHelper

All Implemented Interfaces:

PreferenceHelp

public class PreferenceHelper

extends java.lang.Object

implements PreferenceHelp

Some utility methods for setting the preferences. They are needed twice:

• When setting up the settings at application start
• When settings are changed during application runtime.

The PreferenceHelper also provides some settings like last used directory necessary for file dialogs.

Version:

$Id: PreferenceHelper.java,v 1.67 2006/03/24 15:40:39 BurkhardWick Exp $

Author:

Andreas Ebbert

Constructor Summary

PreferenceHelper(ApplicationFrame frame)
Constructor specifying the SwingGraphFrame.

Method Summary

void	applyGridSettings() Applies the settings given by the preferences to the CompositeViewGrid object of the CompositeView.
void	applyGridSettings(GraphDocument document) Applies the grid settings of the preferences to the CompositeViewGrid object of the CompositeView of the given Document.
void	applyRulerSettings() Applies the settings given by the preferences to the CompositeViewRuler object of views.
void	applyRulerSettings(GraphDocument document) Applies the Ruler Settings to the given document.
void	changeNavigatorPanelRendererAttribute(java.lang.String name, boolean value) Sets an attribute on the AttributeSet that is returned by the NavigatorPanel class statically and which can be used to adjust the RendererConfigurationC that is used by all NavigatorPanels.
void	changeSwingGraphPanelRendererAttribute(java.lang.String name, boolean value) Sets an attribute on the AttributeSet that is returned by the SwingGraphPanel class statically and which can be used to adjust the RendererConfigurationC that is used by all SwingGraphPanels during user-interaction.
java.io.File	getCurrentDirectory() Returns the current directory of this application.
void	initCurrentDirectory() Initializes the currently used directory.
void	initFrameSizeAndPosition() Initializes the size and the position of the top level frame to the values found in the preferences.
void	initToolbarVisibilties() Called at Application start to initialize the visibilities of the Toolbar.
void	setCurrentDirectory(java.io.File directory) Sets the currently used directory.
void	setLanguage(java.lang.String value) Sets the used language to the one specified by value.
void	setLookAndFeel(java.lang.String laf) Sets the look and feel to the one specified by value.
void	setSubMenuRecentlyUsed(SwingMenu menu) Sets the Sub-Menu for the recenlty used files to the given SwingMenu.
void	setTooltipsEnabled(boolean b) Enables the tooltips if b is true.
void	updateRecentlyUsedFilesMenu(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame) Updates the menu of recently used files.
void	updateRecentlyUsedFilesMenu(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame, java.io.File newestFile) Updates the menu of recently used files and moves the given file to the top of the list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PreferenceHelper

public PreferenceHelper(ApplicationFrame frame)

Constructor specifying the SwingGraphFrame.

Parameters:

frame - the SwingGraphFrame of the application.

Method Detail

setLanguage

public void setLanguage(java.lang.String value)

Sets the used language to the one specified by value.

Specified by:

setLanguage in interface PreferenceHelp

Parameters:

value - a string defining the language to be used.

setLookAndFeel

public void setLookAndFeel(java.lang.String laf)

Sets the look and feel to the one specified by value.

Specified by:

setLookAndFeel in interface PreferenceHelp

Parameters:

laf - a string defining the look and feel to be used.

setTooltipsEnabled

public void setTooltipsEnabled(boolean b)

Enables the tooltips if b is true.

Specified by:

setTooltipsEnabled in interface PreferenceHelp

Parameters:

b - true, if tooltips should be displayed.

updateRecentlyUsedFilesMenu

public void updateRecentlyUsedFilesMenu(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame,
                                        java.io.File newestFile)

Updates the menu of recently used files and moves the given file to the top of the list.

Parameters:

applicationFrame - the ApplicationFrame.

newestFile - the file to move to the top of the list

updateRecentlyUsedFilesMenu

public void updateRecentlyUsedFilesMenu(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame)

Updates the menu of recently used files.

Parameters:

applicationFrame - the ApplicationFrame.

getCurrentDirectory

public java.io.File getCurrentDirectory()

Returns the current directory of this application.

Specified by:

getCurrentDirectory in interface PreferenceHelp

Returns:

the current directory of this application.

setCurrentDirectory

public void setCurrentDirectory(java.io.File directory)

Sets the currently used directory.

Specified by:

setCurrentDirectory in interface PreferenceHelp

Parameters:

directory - the directory to set.

setSubMenuRecentlyUsed

public void setSubMenuRecentlyUsed(SwingMenu menu)

Sets the Sub-Menu for the recenlty used files to the given SwingMenu.

Parameters:

menu - the SwingMenu to set.

initFrameSizeAndPosition

public void initFrameSizeAndPosition()

Initializes the size and the position of the top level frame to the values found in the preferences.

Specified by:

initFrameSizeAndPosition in interface PreferenceHelp

initCurrentDirectory

public void initCurrentDirectory()

Initializes the currently used directory.

Specified by:

initCurrentDirectory in interface PreferenceHelp

changeSwingGraphPanelRendererAttribute

public void changeSwingGraphPanelRendererAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                                   boolean value)

Sets an attribute on the AttributeSet that is returned by the SwingGraphPanel class statically and which can be used to adjust the RendererConfigurationC that is used by all SwingGraphPanels during user-interaction.

Parameters:

name - of the renderer-configuration item to change.

value - boolean-value to change the renderer-configuration item to.

changeNavigatorPanelRendererAttribute

public void changeNavigatorPanelRendererAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                                  boolean value)

Sets an attribute on the AttributeSet that is returned by the NavigatorPanel class statically and which can be used to adjust the RendererConfigurationC that is used by all NavigatorPanels.

Parameters:

name - of the renderer-configuration item to change.

value - boolean-value to change the renderer-configuration item to.

applyRulerSettings

public void applyRulerSettings(GraphDocument document)

Applies the Ruler Settings to the given document.

Specified by:

applyRulerSettings in interface PreferenceHelp

Parameters:

document - the document to apply the new ruler settings to.

applyRulerSettings

public void applyRulerSettings()

Applies the settings given by the preferences to the CompositeViewRuler object of views.

Specified by:

applyRulerSettings in interface PreferenceHelp

applyGridSettings

public void applyGridSettings(GraphDocument document)

Applies the grid settings of the preferences to the CompositeViewGrid object of the CompositeView of the given Document.

Specified by:

applyGridSettings in interface PreferenceHelp

Parameters:

document - the GraphDocument containing the grid to configure.

applyGridSettings

public void applyGridSettings()

Applies the settings given by the preferences to the CompositeViewGrid object of the CompositeView.

Specified by:

applyGridSettings in interface PreferenceHelp

initToolbarVisibilties

public void initToolbarVisibilties()

Called at Application start to initialize the visibilities of the Toolbar. They are set to their last state.

Specified by:

initToolbarVisibilties in interface PreferenceHelp