org.freehep.swing
Class RecentFileList

java.lang.Object
  org.freehep.swing.RecentFileList

All Implemented Interfaces:

ActionListener, EventListener

public class RecentFileList
extends Object
implements ActionListener

A class for maintaining a "Recent File List". The recent file list can be stored between program invocations in a properties file. One or more RecentFileLists can easily be embedded in a JMenu.

Version:

$Id: RecentFileList.java 8584 2006-08-10 23:06:37Z duns $

Author:

Tony Johnson (tonyj@slac.stanford.edu)

Constructor Summary

RecentFileList()
Create a RecentFileList

RecentFileList(int size)
Create a RecentFileList with a given maximum length

RecentFileList(String type)
Create a recent file list.

RecentFileList(String type, int size)
Create a recent file list with a given type and size

Method Summary

void	actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
void	add(File f) Add a file to the list
void	add(String name) Add a file to the list
void	addActionListener(ActionListener l)
void	buildMenu(JMenu menu) Adds the recent file list to a menu.
protected void	fireActionPerformed(ActionEvent e) An action event is fired when the user selects one of the files from a menu.
void	load(Properties props) Load the recent file list from a Properties set
void	remove(File f) Remove a file from the list
void	remove(String name) Remove a file from the list
void	removeActionListener(ActionListener l)
void	save(Properties props) Save the recent file list in a Properties set

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList()

Create a RecentFileList

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList(int size)

Create a RecentFileList with a given maximum length

Parameters:

size - the maximum number of files to remember

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList(String type)

Create a recent file list. The type parameter is used to prefix entries in the properties file, so that multiple RecentFileLists can be used in an application.

Parameters:

type - The prefix to use

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList(String type,
                      int size)

Create a recent file list with a given type and size

Parameters:

type - The prefix to use

size - the maximum number of files to remember

Method Detail

addActionListener

public void addActionListener(ActionListener l)

removeActionListener

public void removeActionListener(ActionListener l)

fireActionPerformed

protected void fireActionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

An action event is fired when the user selects one of the files from a menu. The "actionCommand" in the event will be set to the name of the selected file.

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

Specified by:

actionPerformed in interface ActionListener

save

public void save(Properties props)

Save the recent file list in a Properties set

Parameters:

props - The Properties set to save the files in

load

public void load(Properties props)

Load the recent file list from a Properties set

Parameters:

props - The Properties set to load from

add

public void add(File f)

Add a file to the list

Parameters:

f - The file to add

remove

public void remove(File f)

Remove a file from the list

Parameters:

f - Remove a file from the list

add

public void add(String name)

Add a file to the list

Parameters:

name - The name of the file to add

remove

public void remove(String name)

Remove a file from the list

Parameters:

name - The name of the file to remove

buildMenu

public void buildMenu(JMenu menu)

Adds the recent file list to a menu. The files will be added at the end of the menu, with a separator before the files (if there are >0 files in the list)