y.module
Class YPackage

java.lang.Object
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public class YPackage

extends Object

Represents a collection of YModule objects. Additionally a YPackage can contain YPackage objects itself.

This class provides a JMenu that holds entries for each YModule in the package.

Field Summary

protected YList	moduleNames The name of the modules in the order as they was inserted, important for menu creation
protected Hashtable	modules mapping of module-names to modules
protected String	name name of the package
protected YList	packages The subpackages of this package
protected PropertyChangeSupport	propertyChangeSupport the support which is used to notify listeners about changes in the modulelist and subpackagelist

Constructor Summary

YPackage(InputStream is)
Read Package description from an InputStream.

YPackage(String name)
Creates a new Package

YPackage(URL url)
Initializes a YPackage from a resource located at the given url.

Method Summary

void	addModule(String className) Adds a module by its class name.
void	addModule(String moduleName, String className) Adds a module by its class name.
void	addModule(String modName, YModule module) Adds a module to this package.
void	addModule(YModule module) Adds a module to this package.
void	addPackage(YPackage pack) Adds a subpackage to the package This only affects menuhandling This method will fire a PropertyChangeEvent for "packageList"
void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Registers PropertyChangeListener to receive events.
void	addToMenu(JMenu menu, YPackageMenuListener listener) Deprecated. yEd does not use this method any longer, just add and remove modules and subpackages, yEd will take care of the menus.
JMenu	createMenu(YPackageMenuListener listener) Deprecated. yEd does not use this method any longer, just add and remove modules and subpackages, yEd will take care of the menus.
static YPackage	createPackage(String resourcePath)
YModule	getModule(String name) Get a registered module by name.
YCursor	getModuleNames() Get all module names
Hashtable	getModules() Get all Modules
String	getName() Get the name of the package
YCursor	getPackages() Get all subpackages
void	initPackage(InputStream is) Initializes a YPackage from a Input stream
void	listModules() Convenience method to print out the names of all modules in the package
void	removeModule(String moduleName) Removes a module by its name.
void	removePackage(YPackage pack) Removes a subpackage from the package This method will fire a PropertyChangeEvent for "packageList"
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Removes PropertyChangeListener from the list of listeners.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

protected String name

name of the package

modules

protected Hashtable modules

mapping of module-names to modules

moduleNames

protected YList moduleNames

The name of the modules in the order as they was inserted, important for menu creation

packages

protected YList packages

The subpackages of this package

propertyChangeSupport

protected PropertyChangeSupport propertyChangeSupport

the support which is used to notify listeners about changes in the modulelist and subpackagelist

Constructor Detail

YPackage

public YPackage(String name)

Creates a new Package

Parameters:

name - The name of the package

YPackage

public YPackage(InputStream is)

Read Package description from an InputStream. The InputStream is scanned until the first tag is found.

YPackage

public YPackage(URL url)

Initializes a YPackage from a resource located at the given url.

Method Detail

initPackage

public void initPackage(InputStream is)

Initializes a YPackage from a Input stream

createPackage

public static YPackage createPackage(String resourcePath)

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of the package

Returns:

the name of the package

getModule

public YModule getModule(String name)

Get a registered module by name.

getModuleNames

public YCursor getModuleNames()

Get all module names

Returns:

An enumeration of all module names registered in the package

getPackages

public YCursor getPackages()

Get all subpackages

getModules

public Hashtable getModules()

Get all Modules

Returns:

A hashtable conaining all modules

addModule

public void addModule(YModule module)

Adds a module to this package. The module's getModuleName() method be used to to give the module a name.

addModule

public void addModule(String modName,
                      YModule module)

Adds a module to this package. The module's getModuleName() method be used to to give the module a name.

addModule

public void addModule(String className)

Adds a module by its class name. The class file is loaded on demand. The name of the base class is used as module name.

Parameters:

className - The complete name of the class of the module

addModule

public void addModule(String moduleName,
                      String className)

Adds a module by its class name. The class file is loaded on demand. This method will fire a PropertyChangeEvent for "moduleList"

Parameters:

className - The complete name of the class of the module

moduleName - The name of the module

removeModule

public void removeModule(String moduleName)

Removes a module by its name. This method will fire a PropertyChangeEvent for "moduleList"

Parameters:

moduleName - The name of the module

addPackage

public void addPackage(YPackage pack)

Adds a subpackage to the package This only affects menuhandling This method will fire a PropertyChangeEvent for "packageList"

Parameters:

pack - A YPackage

removePackage

public void removePackage(YPackage pack)

Removes a subpackage from the package This method will fire a PropertyChangeEvent for "packageList"

Parameters:

pack - A YPackage

createMenu

public JMenu createMenu(YPackageMenuListener listener)

Deprecated. yEd does not use this method any longer, just add and remove modules and subpackages, yEd will take care of the menus.

Creates a complete menu. This method can be used to place the menu of the package into an application.

Parameters:

listener - Specifies what to do is a module is selected

Returns:

A menu containing all modules in the package

addToMenu

public void addToMenu(JMenu menu,
                      YPackageMenuListener listener)

Deprecated. yEd does not use this method any longer, just add and remove modules and subpackages, yEd will take care of the menus.

Adds content of this package to a menu. This method can be used to place the menu of the package into an application.

Parameters:

listener - Specifies what to do is a module is selected

Returns:

A menu containing all modules in the package

listModules

public void listModules()

Convenience method to print out the names of all modules in the package

addPropertyChangeListener

public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Registers PropertyChangeListener to receive events.

Parameters:

listener - The listener to register.

removePropertyChangeListener

public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Removes PropertyChangeListener from the list of listeners.

Parameters:

listener - The listener to remove.