com.tensegrity.skeleton.swing.launch
Class LoadPreferencesLaunchTask

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.gui.launch.LaunchTask
      com.tensegrity.skeleton.swing.launch.AbstractLaunchTask
          com.tensegrity.skeleton.swing.launch.LoadFileLaunchTask
              com.tensegrity.skeleton.swing.launch.LoadPreferencesLaunchTask

public class LoadPreferencesLaunchTask

extends LoadFileLaunchTask

Reads the stored Preferences and applies the stored settings.

Version:

$Id: LoadPreferencesLaunchTask.java,v 1.73 2006/05/30 12:09:55 BurkhardWick Exp $

Author:

GillesIachelini, Andreas Ebbert

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	DEFAULT_PREFERENCES_LOCATION Location for the default preferences.
protected java.util.Map	mapLookAndFeelMapping mapLookAndFeelMapping is used to map a LookAndFeel to a different one.

Fields inherited from class com.tensegrity.gui.launch.LaunchTask

lasterror, LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_FATAL, LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_FATAL_RETRY, LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_SERIOUS, LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_SERIOUS_RETRY, LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_SHUTDOWN, LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_SUCCESS, LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_WARNING

Constructor Summary

LoadPreferencesLaunchTask(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame)
Constructor specifying the ApplicationFrame to use.

LoadPreferencesLaunchTask(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame, java.lang.String filename, java.lang.Class loadClass, java.lang.String defaultPreferences)
Creates the LoadRulesLaunchTask based on the given filename and Class to load the file.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.String	getDefaultPreferences() Returns the name of the file with all the default preferences.
protected java.lang.String	getFilename() Returns the name of the preferences file.
protected java.lang.Class	getLoadClass() When loading resource from jar files or other locations you may need a Class instance.
void	postCreate(java.lang.Object object) Receives the Preferences instance that will set for this application.
int	run() The run method of this launch task.

Methods inherited from class com.tensegrity.skeleton.swing.launch.LoadFileLaunchTask

getName

Methods inherited from class com.tensegrity.skeleton.swing.launch.AbstractLaunchTask

findResourceText, getApplicationFrame, getStatusPrefix, getStatusPrefixResourceKey

Methods inherited from class com.tensegrity.gui.launch.LaunchTask

getError, getStatusDetails

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_PREFERENCES_LOCATION

protected final java.lang.String DEFAULT_PREFERENCES_LOCATION

Location for the default preferences. Either use the custom constructor or overload the getDefaultPreferences() method to specify a different location.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

mapLookAndFeelMapping

protected java.util.Map mapLookAndFeelMapping

mapLookAndFeelMapping is used to map a LookAndFeel to a different one. The map contains class names of installed LookAndFeels for both key and value. It is used to map the fallback LAF (System LAF) to a desired one when the original LAF that should be set does not exist (e.g. "Windows" on Linux).

Constructor Detail

LoadPreferencesLaunchTask

public LoadPreferencesLaunchTask(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame)

Constructor specifying the ApplicationFrame to use.

Parameters:

applicationFrame - the ApplicationFrame to use.

LoadPreferencesLaunchTask

public LoadPreferencesLaunchTask(ApplicationFrame applicationFrame,
                                 java.lang.String filename,
                                 java.lang.Class loadClass,
                                 java.lang.String defaultPreferences)

Creates the LoadRulesLaunchTask based on the given filename and Class to load the file. Furthermore you can provide the location for the default preferences file.

Parameters:

applicationFrame - Application context for this LaunchTask.

filename - a String which describes a filename.

loadClass - the resource class to use for loading.

defaultPreferences - location of the default preferences file

Method Detail

getFilename

protected java.lang.String getFilename()

Returns the name of the preferences file.

Overrides:

getFilename in class LoadFileLaunchTask

Returns:

String the filename as string.

See Also:

LoadFileLaunchTask.getFilename()

getDefaultPreferences

protected java.lang.String getDefaultPreferences()

Returns the name of the file with all the default preferences.

Returns:

String

getLoadClass

protected java.lang.Class getLoadClass()

Description copied from class: LoadFileLaunchTask

When loading resource from jar files or other locations you may need a Class instance. Return null to load from absolute file.

Overrides:

getLoadClass in class LoadFileLaunchTask

Returns:

Class the class to use as resource loader.

See Also:

LoadFileLaunchTask.getLoadClass()

postCreate

public void postCreate(java.lang.Object object)

Receives the Preferences instance that will set for this application.

Specified by:

postCreate in class AbstractLaunchTask

Parameters:

object -

See Also:

AbstractLaunchTask.postCreate(Object)

run

public final int run()
              throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: LaunchTask

The run method of this launch task. The returned status indicates what the invoker is supposed to do after the task executed.

Specified by:

run in class LaunchTask

Returns:

one of the LAUNCHTASKSTATUS_* constants defined in this interface.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception