com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.ui.toolbox

Class ToolboxPlugIn

java.lang.Object

com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.plugin.AbstractPlugIn

com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.ui.toolbox.ToolboxPlugIn

All Implemented Interfaces:

PlugIn

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanShellPlugIn, EditingPlugIn, WarpingPlugIn, ZoomBarPlugIn

public abstract class ToolboxPlugIn
extends AbstractPlugIn

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ToolboxPlugIn()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	createMainMenuItem(String[] menuPath, Icon icon, WorkbenchContext context) Creates a menu item with a checkbox beside it that appears when the toolbox is visible.
boolean	execute(PlugInContext context) Toolbox subclasses can override this method to implement their own behaviour when the plug-in is called.
ToolboxDialog	getToolbox(WorkbenchContext context)
protected abstract void	initializeToolbox(ToolboxDialog toolbox)

Methods inherited from class com.vividsolutions.jump.workbench.plugin.AbstractPlugIn

createName, execute, execute, getName, initialize, isRollingBackInvalidEdits, reportNothingToUndoYet, toActionListener, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ToolboxPlugIn

public ToolboxPlugIn()

Method Detail

getToolbox

public ToolboxDialog getToolbox(WorkbenchContext context)

Returns:

the toolbox for this plug-in class.

initializeToolbox

protected abstract void initializeToolbox(ToolboxDialog toolbox)

execute

public boolean execute(PlugInContext context)
                throws Exception

Toolbox subclasses can override this method to implement their own behaviour when the plug-in is called. Remember to call super.execute to make the toolbox visible.

Specified by:

execute in interface PlugIn

Overrides:

execute in class AbstractPlugIn

Returns:

true if the action completed, false if it was aborted. Used by ThreadedPlugIns to indicate that their #run method needn't be called next.

Throws:

Exception - if a problem occurs during plug-in execution

See Also:

ThreadedPlugIn

createMainMenuItem

public void createMainMenuItem(String[] menuPath,
                               Icon icon,
                               WorkbenchContext context)
                        throws Exception

Creates a menu item with a checkbox beside it that appears when the toolbox is visible.

Parameters:

icon - null to leave unspecified

Throws:

Exception