public abstract class Inspector
extends javax.swing.JPanel
Volatility. Inspectors are either volatile (they change each frame) or non-volatile (they're generally static). If your inspector is not volatile, you should call setInspectorVolatile(false). It's more efficient.
Some non-volatile inspectors never have their underlying data change except when the user tweaks the inspector itself. Other non-volatile inspectors have the underlying data change but don't reflect it automatically each frame because it's expensive to update the inspector. In this second case (and for good measure the first case), you should provide a button which manually updates the inspector via updateInspector(). The easiest way to do get such a button is to call makeUpdateButton(), which will do it for you. You can then stick the button in your inspector.
The Stopper. Most inspectors, particularly volatile ones, are scheduled repeating and so need to have a way to be stopped if the user closes the inspector's window or otherwise clears it out. Normally the system gets this Stoppable after scheduling the inspector repeating. Before it uses it, it first calls reviseStopper(Stoppable). This gives you a chance to "wrap" the original Stoppable in a new one which calls the original. Beware that the original Stoppable could in theory be null.
Why would you want to do this? So you can be informed of when the Stoppable has been called -- to flush a stream perhaps -- or to call the underlying Stoppable yourself for some reason. If you override this method, be sure to call super.reviseStopper(Stoppable) first, and wrap what it returns. For example:
public Stoppable reviseStopper(Stoppable stopper) { final Stoppable newStopper = super.reviseStopper(stopper); return new Stoppable() { public void stop() { if (newStopper!=null) newStopper.stop(); // wraps the stopper System.out.println("Hey, I stopped!"); // do my thing }}; }
Beware that your stopper may and probably will have its stop() method called multiple times.
The Frame. Some inspectors are placed in separate JFrames either immediately or later on when the user requests that the inspector be "detatched". When this happens, the system will call createFrame(Stoppable) to get a JFrame with the inspector in it. The Stoppable passed in is the same one that the system received from reviseStopper(Stoppable). In most cases you probably don't need to change anything about the JFrame. But occasionally you might want to override the createFrame(Stoppable) method to revise the JFrame in some way: perhaps to change its title, say. If you do, you probably should call super.createFrame(Stoppable), and use that existing JFrame, as the super method does a few other nice things as well (such as attaching the Stoppable to the close box on the JFrame).
For example, the default version of the createFrame(Stoppable) places the Inspector in a JFrame with a scroll panel. You may not want this behavior. If this is the case, you might do something like this:
public JFrame createFrame(Stoppable stopper) { JFrame frame = super.createFrame(stopper); frame.removeAll(); // get rid of scroll pane frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); frame.add(this, BorderLayout.CENTER); // I fill the whole frame frame.setTitle("I prefer this title"); // here's my new title frame.pack(); }
javax.swing.JPanel.AccessibleJPanel
javax.swing.JComponent.AccessibleJComponent
Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
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static javax.swing.ImageIcon |
INSPECT_ICON |
static javax.swing.ImageIcon |
INSPECT_ICON_P |
static javax.swing.ImageIcon |
UPDATE_ICON |
static javax.swing.ImageIcon |
UPDATE_ICON_P |
listenerList, TOOL_TIP_TEXT_KEY, ui, UNDEFINED_CONDITION, WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT, WHEN_FOCUSED, WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW
Constructor and Description |
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Inspector() |
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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javax.swing.JFrame |
createFrame(Stoppable stopper)
Creates a scrollable frame surrounding the inspector which calls stop()
on the underlying stopper when closed.
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void |
disposeFrame()
Disposes the Inspector's frame if it's not a Controller.
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javax.swing.JPanel |
getHeader() |
static Inspector |
getInspector(java.lang.Object obj,
GUIState state,
java.lang.String name)
Returns an inspector for the provided object.
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boolean |
getShowsUpdate() |
java.lang.String |
getTitle() |
Steppable |
getUpdateSteppable()
Called whenever the system needs to get a Steppable which, when stepped, will update the inspector and
repaint it.
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boolean |
isStopped()
Returns true if this Inspector's Stoppable has been stopped.
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boolean |
isVolatile()
Returns true (default) if the inspector should be updated every time step.
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java.awt.Component |
makeUpdateButton()
A convenient function to create UpdateButton which you might add to the bottom of the JPanel
(assuming it still is using BorderLayout).
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Stoppable |
reviseStopper(Stoppable stopper)
Gives the user a chance to wrap the Inspector's stopper in a larger stopper,
which will then get registered with the Inspector; this larger stopper is
also what is passed into Inspector.createFrame(...).
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void |
setShowsUpdate(boolean val) |
void |
setTitle(java.lang.String title) |
void |
setVolatile(boolean val)
Set to true (default) if the inspector should be updated every time step.
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protected void |
updateButtonPressed() |
abstract void |
updateInspector()
Called by the system to inform the Inspector that it needs to update itself to reflect any
changed in the underlying data.
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getAccessibleContext, getUI, getUIClassID, paramString, setUI, updateUI
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public static final javax.swing.ImageIcon INSPECT_ICON
public static final javax.swing.ImageIcon INSPECT_ICON_P
public static final javax.swing.ImageIcon UPDATE_ICON
public static final javax.swing.ImageIcon UPDATE_ICON_P
public static Inspector getInspector(java.lang.Object obj, GUIState state, java.lang.String name)
public void setVolatile(boolean val)
public boolean isVolatile()
public javax.swing.JPanel getHeader()
public boolean getShowsUpdate()
public void setShowsUpdate(boolean val)
public abstract void updateInspector()
public java.lang.String getTitle()
public void setTitle(java.lang.String title)
public Steppable getUpdateSteppable()
protected final void updateButtonPressed()
public java.awt.Component makeUpdateButton()
public Stoppable reviseStopper(Stoppable stopper)
public void disposeFrame()
public boolean isStopped()
public javax.swing.JFrame createFrame(Stoppable stopper)