JHotDraw 7.5.1

org.jhotdraw.draw.action
Class AbstractDrawingEditorAction

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.swing.AbstractAction
      extended by org.jhotdraw.draw.action.AbstractDrawingEditorAction
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.EventListener, javax.swing.Action
Direct Known Subclasses:
ZoomEditorAction

public abstract class AbstractDrawingEditorAction
extends javax.swing.AbstractAction

This abstract class can be extended to implement an Action that acts on behalf of a DrawingEditor.

By default the enabled state of this action reflects the enabled state of the DrawingEditor. When many actions listen to the enabled state of the drawing editor this can considerably slow down the editor. If updating the enabled state is not necessary, you can prevent the action from doing so using setUpdateEnabledState(boolean).

AbstractDrawingEditorAction listens using a WeakPropertyChangeListener on the DrawingEditor and thus may become garbage collected if it is not referenced by any other object.

Version:
$Id: AbstractDrawingEditorAction.java 647 2010-01-24 22:52:59Z rawcoder $
Author:
Werner Randelshofer
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
protected  DrawingEditor editor
           
 
Fields inherited from class javax.swing.AbstractAction
changeSupport, enabled
 
Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.Action
ACCELERATOR_KEY, ACTION_COMMAND_KEY, DEFAULT, DISPLAYED_MNEMONIC_INDEX_KEY, LARGE_ICON_KEY, LONG_DESCRIPTION, MNEMONIC_KEY, NAME, SELECTED_KEY, SHORT_DESCRIPTION, SMALL_ICON
 
Constructor Summary
AbstractDrawingEditorAction(DrawingEditor editor)
          Creates a new instance.
 
Method Summary
protected  void fireUndoableEditHappened(javax.swing.undo.UndoableEdit edit)
          Updates the enabled state of this action to reflect the enabled state of the active DrawingView.
protected  Drawing getDrawing()
           
 DrawingEditor getEditor()
           
protected  DrawingView getView()
           
 boolean isUpdatEnabledState()
          Returns true, if this action automatically updates its enabled state to reflect the enabled state of the active DrawingView.
 void setEditor(DrawingEditor newValue)
           
 void setUpdateEnabledState(boolean newValue)
          By default, the enabled state of this action is updated to reflect the enabled state of the active DrawingView.
protected  void updateEnabledState()
           
 
Methods inherited from class javax.swing.AbstractAction
addPropertyChangeListener, clone, firePropertyChange, getKeys, getPropertyChangeListeners, getValue, isEnabled, putValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setEnabled
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface java.awt.event.ActionListener
actionPerformed
 

Field Detail

editor

protected DrawingEditor editor
Constructor Detail

AbstractDrawingEditorAction

public AbstractDrawingEditorAction(DrawingEditor editor)
Creates a new instance.

Method Detail

setEditor

public void setEditor(DrawingEditor newValue)

updateEnabledState

protected void updateEnabledState()

getEditor

public DrawingEditor getEditor()

getView

protected DrawingView getView()

getDrawing

protected Drawing getDrawing()

fireUndoableEditHappened

protected void fireUndoableEditHappened(javax.swing.undo.UndoableEdit edit)
Updates the enabled state of this action to reflect the enabled state of the active DrawingView. If no drawing view is active, this action is disabled.


setUpdateEnabledState

public void setUpdateEnabledState(boolean newValue)
By default, the enabled state of this action is updated to reflect the enabled state of the active DrawingView. Since this is not always necessary, and since many listening actions may considerably slow down the drawing editor, you can switch this behavior off here.

Parameters:
newValue - Specify false to prevent automatic updating of the enabled state.

isUpdatEnabledState

public boolean isUpdatEnabledState()
Returns true, if this action automatically updates its enabled state to reflect the enabled state of the active DrawingView.


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