diva.gui

Class DefaultActions

java.lang.Object

diva.gui.DefaultActions

public class DefaultActions
extends Object

A collection of static methods that create useful default actions.

Version:

$Revision: 1.17 $

Author:

John Reekie (johnr@eecs.berkeley.edu)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CLOSE
static String	COPY
static String	CUT
static String	EXIT
static String	NEW
static String	OPEN
static String	PASTE
static String	PRINT
static String	QUIT
static String	SAVE
static String	SAVE_AS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultActions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Action	closeAction(Application app) Create an action named "Close" that closes the current document.
static Action	copyAction(Application app) Create an action named "Copy" that copies the current selection from the current document and places it into the application's clipboard.
static Action	cutAction(Application app) Create an action named "Cut" that cuts the current selection from the current document and places it into the application's clipboard.
static Action	exitAction(Application app) Create an action named "Exit" that tries to close all the open documents, and if all of them are closed successfully, then exits Java.
static Action	newAction(Application app) Create an action named "New" that creates a new document.
static Action	openAction(Application app) Create an action named "Open" that opens a new document.
static Action	pasteAction(Application app) Create an action named "Paste" that pastes the current selection from the current document and places it into the application's clipboard.
static Action	printAction(Application app) Create an action named "Print" that prints the current document to the printer, if it implements the Printable or Pageable interface.
static Action	quitAction(Application app) Deprecated. The standard windows term is "Exit," so use exitAction()
static Action	saveAction(Application app) Create an action named "Save" that saves the current document.
static Action	saveAsAction(Application app) Create an action named "Save As" that saves the current document to a different location.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COPY

public static final String COPY

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CLOSE

public static final String CLOSE

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CUT

public static final String CUT

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EXIT

public static final String EXIT

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NEW

public static final String NEW

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OPEN

public static final String OPEN

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PASTE

public static final String PASTE

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PRINT

public static final String PRINT

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QUIT

public static final String QUIT

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SAVE

public static final String SAVE

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SAVE_AS

public static final String SAVE_AS

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Constructor Detail

DefaultActions

public DefaultActions()

Method Detail

copyAction

public static Action copyAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Copy" that copies the current selection from the current document and places it into the application's clipboard. If there is no current document, or the application does not have a clipboard, do nothing.

closeAction

public static Action closeAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Close" that closes the current document. If there is no current document, do nothing.

cutAction

public static Action cutAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Cut" that cuts the current selection from the current document and places it into the application's clipboard. If there is no current document, or the application does not have a clipboard, do nothing.

exitAction

public static Action exitAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Exit" that tries to close all the open documents, and if all of them are closed successfully, then exits Java. As soon as one document is not successfully closed, the action is cancelled.

newAction

public static Action newAction(Application app)

Create an action named "New" that creates a new document.

openAction

public static Action openAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Open" that opens a new document.

printAction

public static Action printAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Print" that prints the current document to the printer, if it implements the Printable or Pageable interface. If there is no current document, or the Document is not printable/pageable do nothing.

pasteAction

public static Action pasteAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Paste" that pastes the current selection from the current document and places it into the application's clipboard. If there is no current document, or the application does not have a clipboard, do nothing.

quitAction

public static Action quitAction(Application app)

Deprecated. The standard windows term is "Exit," so use exitAction()

Create an action named "Quit" that exits Java.

saveAction

public static Action saveAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Save" that saves the current document. If there is no current document, do nothing.

saveAsAction

public static Action saveAsAction(Application app)

Create an action named "Save As" that saves the current document to a different location. If there is no current document, do nothing.