com.gridsystems.config.app
Class UI

java.lang.Object
  com.gridsystems.config.app.UI

Direct Known Subclasses:

SwingUI

public abstract class UI
extends java.lang.Object

Root class and provider for user interface delegation. Each subclass is specialized in a specific type of user interface environment.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Rodrigo Ruiz Aguayo

Field Summary

protected static Configurator[]	configurators The list of discovered configurators.
static int	CONSOLE Specified the Console UI.
static int	NONE Specifies the Null UI.
static int	SWING Specifies the Swing UI.

Constructor Summary

UI()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

abstract boolean	execute() UI specific execution.
static Configurator[]	getConfigurators() Builds the list of Configutator implementations in the classpath through inspection of "configurator.txt" resources found via ClassLoader.
static java.lang.String	getString(java.lang.String key) Gets the message corresponding to the specified key in the "base" bundle.
static boolean	isExpertMode() Gets if the configurator is running in "expert mode".
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Performs the execution of the appropriate UI implementation, according to the passed command-line arguments.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NONE

public static final int NONE

Specifies the Null UI.

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Constant Field Values

SWING

public static final int SWING

Specifies the Swing UI.

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Constant Field Values

CONSOLE

public static final int CONSOLE

Specified the Console UI.

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Constant Field Values

configurators

protected static Configurator[] configurators

The list of discovered configurators.

Constructor Detail

UI

public UI()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

execute

public abstract boolean execute()

UI specific execution.

Returns:

boolean

getString

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

Gets the message corresponding to the specified key in the "base" bundle.

This method is here to give easy access to the base bundle without knowledge of the bundle name or location.

Parameters:

key - The key of the message to retrieve

Returns:

The message

isExpertMode

public static boolean isExpertMode()

Gets if the configurator is running in "expert mode".

Returns:

true if the configurator is in expert mode

getConfigurators

public static Configurator[] getConfigurators()

Builds the list of Configutator implementations in the classpath through inspection of "configurator.txt" resources found via ClassLoader.

Each "configurator.txt" resource is expected to contain a list of Configurator classes.

Returns:

An array of Configurator instances

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Performs the execution of the appropriate UI implementation, according to the passed command-line arguments.

Parameters:

args - The command-line arguments

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - In case of an unhandled error