Package rma.util

Class RMAUtil

java.lang.Object

rma.util.RMAUtil

public class RMAUtil
extends Object

General Utilities Class

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	CURRENT_DIRECTORY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RMAUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Color	colorChooser(Component parent, Color defaultColor)
static Color	colorChooser(Component parent, Color defaultColor, String chooserTitle)	Returns a Color chosen from the Color Chooser Dialog.
static File	fileOpen(Frame parent, String title, String startPath, String startFile)
static File	fileSave(Frame parent, String title, String startPath, String startFile)
static AbstractButton	findButtonFromText(Class buttonClass, String buttonText, Container container)	find the button of buttonClass with text buttonText in the Container container or containers that container holds
static Component	getComponentByAction(Container container, Class actionClass)	find a component inside container that has an action of class actionClass
static RmaJObjectCheckBoxMenuItem	getComponentByObject(Container container, RmaJObjectCheckBoxMenuItem item)	find an RmaJObjectCheckBoxMenuItem inside container that holds the same Object as item
static String	getFontString(Font f)	return a string that Font can use in getFont() of the form [family]-[style]-[size]
static Window	getWindow(JMenuItem menuItem)	return the window from which menuItem was launched
static boolean	isChildrenModified(Container comp)	Return true if a child of comp is an instance of rma.lang.Modifiable and isModified() is true.
static void	setChildrenUnmodified(Container comp)
static void	setParentModified(Component comp)	when a Modifiable component get modified, set its nearest Modifiable parent to modified
static void	setWindowAlwaysOnTop(Window win, boolean flag)	Sets the specified window as the topmost window in the z-order.
static void	showAbout(Frame parent, String title, String about, ImageIcon image)
static void	showHelp(Frame parent, String title, String url)
static boolean	substringMatch(Object data, Object matchTo)	Returns true if data.toString() starts with startWith.toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

CURRENT_DIRECTORY

public static String CURRENT_DIRECTORY

Constructor Details

RMAUtil

public RMAUtil()

Method Details

colorChooser

public static Color colorChooser(Component parent,
 Color defaultColor)

colorChooser

public static Color colorChooser(Component parent,
 Color defaultColor,
 String chooserTitle)

Returns a Color chosen from the Color Chooser Dialog. Accepts a parent Frame and a default Color. Peter S. Morris

fileOpen

public static File fileOpen(Frame parent,
 String title,
 String startPath,
 String startFile)

fileSave

public static File fileSave(Frame parent,
 String title,
 String startPath,
 String startFile)

showAbout

public static void showAbout(Frame parent,
 String title,
 String about,
 ImageIcon image)

showHelp

public static void showHelp(Frame parent,
 String title,
 String url)

substringMatch

public static boolean substringMatch(Object data,
 Object matchTo)

Returns true if data.toString() starts with startWith.toString()

setParentModified

public static void setParentModified(Component comp)

when a Modifiable component get modified, set its nearest Modifiable parent to modified

isChildrenModified

public static boolean isChildrenModified(Container comp)

Return true if a child of comp is an instance of rma.lang.Modifiable and isModified() is true.

Parameters:

comp -

Returns:

setChildrenUnmodified

public static void setChildrenUnmodified(Container comp)

findButtonFromText

public static AbstractButton findButtonFromText(Class buttonClass,
 String buttonText,
 Container container)

find the button of buttonClass with text buttonText in the Container container or containers that container holds

setWindowAlwaysOnTop

public static void setWindowAlwaysOnTop(Window win,
 boolean flag)

Sets the specified window as the topmost window in the z-order.

Parameters:

win - the window's

flag - a boolean parameter that specifies whether the window will be the topmost window in the z-order. true sets the window as the topmost window in the z-order, false sets the window behind all topmost windows.

getFontString

public static String getFontString(Font f)

return a string that Font can use in getFont() of the form [family]-[style]-[size]

getWindow

public static Window getWindow(JMenuItem menuItem)

return the window from which menuItem was launched

getComponentByAction

public static Component getComponentByAction(Container container,
 Class actionClass)

find a component inside container that has an action of class actionClass

getComponentByObject

public static RmaJObjectCheckBoxMenuItem getComponentByObject(Container container,
 RmaJObjectCheckBoxMenuItem item)

find an RmaJObjectCheckBoxMenuItem inside container that holds the same Object as item