ucar.unidata.idv.ui
Class IdvLegend

java.lang.Object
  ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvLegend

Direct Known Subclasses:

BottomLegend, SideLegend

public abstract class IdvLegend
extends Object

An abstract base class used to represents display control legends for view managers.

Author:

IDV development team

Field Summary

static ImageIcon	ICON_DOCKED
static ImageIcon	ICON_FLOAT
protected static ImageIcon	ICON_PROPERTIES The icon used to bring up the display properties window
static ImageIcon	ICON_REMOVE Icon used to remove displays
static String	STATE_DOCKED
static String	STATE_FLOAT
static String	STATE_HIDDEN
protected ViewManager	viewManager The ViewManager this legend is part of

Constructor Summary

IdvLegend()
Parameterless constructor for xml persistence

IdvLegend(ViewManager viewManager)
Create the legend with the given ViewManager

Method Summary

void	doClose() The ViewManager in which thie legend is a part of has been closed.
protected abstract JComponent	doMakeContents() To be overrode by derived classes to return the actual GUI contents.
void	fillLegend() This is called when there is a change to the list of DisplayControls shown in this legend.
protected abstract void	fillLegendSafely() To be overrode by derived classes to fill the legend.
void	floatLegend() Float the legend in its own window.
JComponent	getContainer() Get the Container property.
JComponent	getContents() Create, if needed, and return the GUI contents.
protected JButton	getFloatButton() Create, if needed, and return the floatButton.
protected String	getTitle() Get the window title to use.
protected JButton	makePropertiesButton(DisplayControl control) Create an icon button for showing the window for the given display control.
void	setColors(Color foreground, Color background) No-op.
void	setTheContainer(JComponent value) Set the Container property.
void	setViewManager(ViewManager viewManager) Set the view manager that this legend is part of
void	showLegend() This will float the legend.
void	unFloatLegend()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

STATE_HIDDEN

public static final String STATE_HIDDEN

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Constant Field Values

STATE_DOCKED

public static final String STATE_DOCKED

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Constant Field Values

STATE_FLOAT

public static final String STATE_FLOAT

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Constant Field Values

ICON_FLOAT

public static final ImageIcon ICON_FLOAT

ICON_DOCKED

public static final ImageIcon ICON_DOCKED

ICON_PROPERTIES

protected static ImageIcon ICON_PROPERTIES

The icon used to bring up the display properties window

ICON_REMOVE

public static ImageIcon ICON_REMOVE

Icon used to remove displays

viewManager

protected ViewManager viewManager

The ViewManager this legend is part of

Constructor Detail

IdvLegend

public IdvLegend()

Parameterless constructor for xml persistence

IdvLegend

public IdvLegend(ViewManager viewManager)

Create the legend with the given ViewManager

Parameters:

viewManager - The view manager this legend is a part of

Method Detail

getContents

public JComponent getContents()

Create, if needed, and return the GUI contents.

Returns:

The GUI contents

setViewManager

public void setViewManager(ViewManager viewManager)

Set the view manager that this legend is part of

Parameters:

viewManager - The view manager

setTheContainer

public void setTheContainer(JComponent value)

Set the Container property. This is the container in the parent ViewManager that this legend is shown in. This method is differently named from the getContainer method so that the value is not persisted when doing xml encoding.

Parameters:

value - The new value for Container

getContainer

public JComponent getContainer()

Get the Container property.

Returns:

The Container

setColors

public void setColors(Color foreground,
                      Color background)

No-op. To be overrode by any subclasses that might use the colors of the ViewManager

Parameters:

foreground - The foreground color of the ViewManager

background - The background color of the ViewManager

getFloatButton

protected JButton getFloatButton()

Create, if needed, and return the floatButton.

Returns:

The float button

showLegend

public void showLegend()

This will float the legend.

doMakeContents

protected abstract JComponent doMakeContents()

To be overrode by derived classes to return the actual GUI contents.

Returns:

The GUI contents

fillLegend

public final void fillLegend()

This is called when there is a change to the list of DisplayControls shown in this legend. It simply is a wrapper around fillLegendSafely, synchronizing on a MUTEX lock.

fillLegendSafely

protected abstract void fillLegendSafely()

To be overrode by derived classes to fill the legend. This is called from fillLegend() within a synchronized block.

makePropertiesButton

protected JButton makePropertiesButton(DisplayControl control)

Create an icon button for showing the window for the given display control.

Parameters:

control - The display control

Returns:

The button used to show the window

doClose

public void doClose()

The ViewManager in which thie legend is a part of has been closed. This method disposes of the floatFrame if it is non-null.

getTitle

protected String getTitle()

Get the window title to use.

Returns:

The window title

unFloatLegend

public void unFloatLegend()

floatLegend

public void floatLegend()

Float the legend in its own window.