org.freehep.application.studio
Class Plugin

java.lang.Object
  org.freehep.application.studio.Plugin

Direct Known Subclasses:

PluginManager

public abstract class Plugin
extends Object

A base class which Plugins must extend

Constructor Summary

Plugin()

Method Summary

protected void	addMenu(JMenuItem item, long location)
protected void	applicationVisible() Called after all plugins have been loaded, and the GUI has become visible
boolean	canBeShutDown() Test if the plugin can be shutdown.
Studio	getApplication()
protected void	init() Called to initialize the plugin.
protected void	postInit() Called after all plugins have been loaded, but before the GUI has become visible
protected void	shutdown() Called to shutdown the plugin (if supported)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Plugin

public Plugin()

Method Detail

init

protected void init()
             throws Throwable

Called to initialize the plugin. Note that at this time other plugins may not have been loaded, and the GUI may not yet be visible.

Throws:

Throwable

postInit

protected void postInit()

Called after all plugins have been loaded, but before the GUI has become visible

applicationVisible

protected void applicationVisible()

Called after all plugins have been loaded, and the GUI has become visible

canBeShutDown

public boolean canBeShutDown()

Test if the plugin can be shutdown. The default implementation always returns false, override as necessary.

shutdown

protected void shutdown()

Called to shutdown the plugin (if supported)

getApplication

public Studio getApplication()

addMenu

protected void addMenu(JMenuItem item,
                       long location)