org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt
Class MenuBuildUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.gudy.azureus2.ui.swt.MenuBuildUtils

public class MenuBuildUtils
extends java.lang.Object

A class which helps generate build SWT menus. It provides two main functions. The first provides the ability to create regenerateable menus (it will dispose old items when not displayed and invoke a callback method to regenerate it). The second provides the ability to create SWT menus based on the plugin API for menu creation - this allows internal code that generates menus to include plugins to append to their own internal menus.

Author:

Allan Crooks

Nested Class Summary

static interface	MenuBuildUtils.ChatKeyResolver
static interface	MenuBuildUtils.MenuBuilder An interface to be used for addMaintenanceListenerForMenu.
static class	MenuBuildUtils.MenuItemPluginMenuControllerImpl This is an implementation of the PluginMenuController interface for use with MenuItemImpl classes - note that this is not intended for use by subclasses of MenuItemImpl (like TableContextMenuItemImpl).
static interface	MenuBuildUtils.PluginMenuController This is an interface used by addPluginMenuItems.

Field Summary

static MenuBuildUtils.PluginMenuController

BASIC_MENU_ITEM_CONTROLLER An instance of MenuItemPluginMenuControllerImpl with a default value of null - this will be the value passed when notifying selection and fill listeners.

Constructor Summary

MenuBuildUtils()

Method Summary

static MenuItem	addChatMenu(MenuManager menu_manager, MenuItem chat_item, MenuBuildUtils.ChatKeyResolver chat_key_resolver)
static void	addChatMenu(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu menu, java.lang.String menu_resource_key, java.lang.String chat_key)
static void	addMaintenanceListenerForMenu(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu menu, MenuBuildUtils.MenuBuilder builder) Creates and adds a listener object to implement regeneratable menus.
static void	addPluginMenuItems(MenuItem[] items, org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu parent, boolean prev_was_separator, boolean enable_items, MenuBuildUtils.PluginMenuController controller) Creates menu items inside the given menu based on the plugin API MenuItem instances provided.
static java.util.List<java.lang.Object>	splitLongMenuListIntoHierarchy(java.util.List<java.lang.String> flat_entries, int split_after)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BASIC_MENU_ITEM_CONTROLLER

public static final MenuBuildUtils.PluginMenuController BASIC_MENU_ITEM_CONTROLLER

An instance of MenuItemPluginMenuControllerImpl with a default value of null - this will be the value passed when notifying selection and fill listeners.

Constructor Detail

MenuBuildUtils

public MenuBuildUtils()

Method Detail

addMaintenanceListenerForMenu

public static void addMaintenanceListenerForMenu(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu menu,
                                                 MenuBuildUtils.MenuBuilder builder)

Creates and adds a listener object to implement regeneratable menus. The first piece of functionality it offers is the ability to call a callback method to generate the menu when it is about to be displayed (the callback method is done by passing an object implementing the MenuBuilder interface). This means that the caller of this method only needs to provide the logic to construct the menu's contents. This is helpful if you want to update an existing menu. The second piece of functionality is that it automatically does what is required to dispose of existing menu items when the menu is hidden.

addPluginMenuItems

public static void addPluginMenuItems(MenuItem[] items,
                                      org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu parent,
                                      boolean prev_was_separator,
                                      boolean enable_items,
                                      MenuBuildUtils.PluginMenuController controller)

Creates menu items inside the given menu based on the plugin API MenuItem instances provided. This method is provided mainly as a utility method to make it easier for menus to incorporate menu components specified by plugins. Usually, the list of array items will be extracted from a class like MenuItemManager or TableContextMenuManager, where plugins will usually register menu items they have created.

Parameters:

items - The list of plugin MenuItem to add

parent - The SWT Menu to add to.

prev_was_separator - Indicates if the previous item in the menu is a separator or not

enable_items - Indicates whether you want generated items to be enabled or not. If false, all items will be disabled. If true, then the items *may* be enabled, depending on how each MenuItem is configured.

controller - The callback object used by this method when creating the SWT menus (used for invoking fill and selection listeners).

splitLongMenuListIntoHierarchy

public static java.util.List<java.lang.Object> splitLongMenuListIntoHierarchy(java.util.List<java.lang.String> flat_entries,
                                                                              int split_after)

Parameters:

flat_entries - Overall list of menu entry names

split_after - Split if more than this

Returns:

Entries are either a String or Object[]{ submeuname, List submenu entries }

addChatMenu

public static void addChatMenu(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu menu,
                               java.lang.String menu_resource_key,
                               java.lang.String chat_key)

addChatMenu

public static MenuItem addChatMenu(MenuManager menu_manager,
                                   MenuItem chat_item,
                                   MenuBuildUtils.ChatKeyResolver chat_key_resolver)