org.opensourcephysics.tools
Class EjsTool

java.lang.Object
  org.opensourcephysics.tools.EjsTool

public class EjsTool
extends java.lang.Object

Utility classes to work with Ejs at a high level

Version:

1.0

Author:

Francisco Esquembre (http://fem.um.es)

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	GET_MODEL_METHOD
static java.lang.String	GET_RESOURCES_METHOD

Constructor Summary

EjsTool()

Method Summary

static java.util.List<?>	ejsConfirmList(java.awt.Component _target, java.awt.Dimension _size, java.lang.String _message, java.lang.String _title, java.util.List<?> _list)
static java.util.List<?>	ejsConfirmList(java.awt.Component _target, java.awt.Dimension _size, java.lang.String _message, java.lang.String _title, java.util.List<?> _list, javax.swing.JComponent _bottomComponent) This method receives a list of objects which it exposes to the user.
static java.lang.String	getPath(java.io.File _file) Gets the path of a file in standard form.
static java.lang.String	getString(java.lang.String key)
static boolean	hasEjsModel(java.lang.Class<?> _ejsClass) Whether a class provides an Ejs model.
static boolean	runEjs(java.lang.Class<?> _ejsClass) Runs the Ejs model corresponding to the given class.
static void	saveInformation(java.lang.String _home, java.lang.String _release) To be used by EJS version 3.47 and earlier only.
static void	saveInformation(java.lang.String _binDirectoryPath, java.lang.String _sourceDirectoryPath, java.lang.String _release) To be used by EJS version 4.0 and later only.
static void	setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

GET_MODEL_METHOD

public static final java.lang.String GET_MODEL_METHOD

See Also:

Constant Field Values

GET_RESOURCES_METHOD

public static final java.lang.String GET_RESOURCES_METHOD

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

EjsTool

public EjsTool()

Method Detail

setLocale

public static void setLocale(java.util.Locale locale)

getString

public static java.lang.String getString(java.lang.String key)

hasEjsModel

public static boolean hasEjsModel(java.lang.Class<?> _ejsClass)

Whether a class provides an Ejs model.

Parameters:

_ejsClass - Class

Returns:

boolean

runEjs

public static boolean runEjs(java.lang.Class<?> _ejsClass)

Runs the Ejs model corresponding to the given class. The model and resources required will be extracted using the ResourceLoader utility.

Parameters:

_ejsClass - Class

Returns:

boolean true if successful

saveInformation

public static void saveInformation(java.lang.String _home,
                                   java.lang.String _release)

To be used by EJS version 3.47 and earlier only. It is here to make sure that the information saved matches the information read by runEjs().

Parameters:

_release - String

saveInformation

public static void saveInformation(java.lang.String _binDirectoryPath,
                                   java.lang.String _sourceDirectoryPath,
                                   java.lang.String _release)

To be used by EJS version 4.0 and later only. It is here to make sure that the information saved matches the information read by runEjs().

Parameters:

_binDirectoryPath - String The binary directory from which EJS was launched

_consoleOptionsFilePath - String The location of the console options file

_sourceDirectoryPath - String The source directory path

_release - String The EJS release version

getPath

public static java.lang.String getPath(java.io.File _file)

Gets the path of a file in standard form. If it is a directory, the path ends in "/"

ejsConfirmList

public static java.util.List<?> ejsConfirmList(java.awt.Component _target,
                                               java.awt.Dimension _size,
                                               java.lang.String _message,
                                               java.lang.String _title,
                                               java.util.List<?> _list)

ejsConfirmList

public static java.util.List<?> ejsConfirmList(java.awt.Component _target,
                                               java.awt.Dimension _size,
                                               java.lang.String _message,
                                               java.lang.String _title,
                                               java.util.List<?> _list,
                                               javax.swing.JComponent _bottomComponent)

This method receives a list of objects which it exposes to the user. The user can remove objects from the list and click OK. The class then returns the modified list. If the user clicks cancel it will return null

Parameters:

_target - Component The dialog will be shown relative to this component

_size - Dimension The size of the display dialog

_message - String The message to display

_title - String The title for the display dialog

_list - java.util.List The initial list of objects

_bottomComponent - JComponent and additional component to show at the bottom

Returns:

AbstractList