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Revision 1.2 by ajm, Mon Jan 22 12:32:14 2001 UTC vs.
Revision 1.12 by ajm, Sun Feb 4 17:59:16 2001 UTC

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1   //---PACKAGE DECLARATION---
2 + package uk.ac.ukc.iscream.conient.datacomponents;
3  
4   //---IMPORTS---
5   import javax.swing.JLabel;
6 + import javax.swing.JTextField;
7   import java.awt.GridLayout;
8 + import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
9  
10   /**
11   * This is the most basic of DataComponents.
12   *
13   * It simply displays the value as a String
14 < * in a JLabel.
14 > * in a JTextField.
15   *
16   * @author  $Author$
17   * @version $Id$
18   */
19 < public class StringDataComponent extends DataComponent {
19 > public class StringDataComponent extends VisibleDataComponent {
20  
21   //---FINAL ATTRIBUTES---
22  
# Line 21 | Line 24 | public class StringDataComponent extends DataComponent
24       * The current CVS revision of this class
25       */
26      public final String REVISION = "$Revision$";
27 +    
28 +    /**
29 +     * The default length of the JTextField
30 +     */
31 +    protected final int DEFAULT_TEXT_LENGTH = 20;
32  
33   //---STATIC METHODS---
34  
# Line 31 | Line 39 | public class StringDataComponent extends DataComponent
39       * used as label
40       *
41       * @param name the friendly name
42 +     * @param attribute the data attribute we look after
43       */
44 <    public StringDataComponent(String name) {
45 <        _label = new JLabel(name + ": ");
44 >    public StringDataComponent(String name, String attribute) {
45 >        _name = name;
46 >        _attribute = attribute;
47 >        _item = new JTextField("", DEFAULT_TEXT_LENGTH);
48 >        _item.setEditable(false);
49 >        _label = new JLabel(_name + ": ");
50          _label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT);
51          setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 2));
52 +        _item.setText("-uninitialised-");
53          add(_label);
54          add(_item);
55      }
56  
57   //---PUBLIC METHODS---
58  
59 +    /**
60 +     * This run method updates any Swing components
61 +     * The setValue() method adds this component
62 +     * to the Swing Event Dispatching Queue to
63 +     * run this method.
64 +     */
65 +    public void run() {
66 +        _item.setText(_cache);
67 +    }
68 +    
69 +    /**
70 +     * Overrides the {@link java.lang.Object#toString() Object.toString()}
71 +     * method to provide clean logging (every class should have this).
72 +     *
73 +     * @return the name of this class and its CVS revision
74 +     */
75 +    public String toString() {
76 +        return _name + "(" + _attribute + ")";
77 +    }
78 +
79   //---PRIVATE METHODS---
80  
81   //---ACCESSOR/MUTATOR METHODS---
# Line 49 | Line 83 | public class StringDataComponent extends DataComponent
83      /**
84       * This takes the String value of the parameter that this component
85       * is monitoring direct from the packet, it then performs all
86 <     * approriate conversions and displays the data.
86 >     * approriate conversions and adds this class to the Swing Event
87 >     * Dispatching queue.
88       *
89       * @param value the value for this data component
90       * @throws DataFormatException if there was a problem converting the data for display
91       */
92      public void setValue(String value) throws DataFormatException {
93          try {
94 <            _item.setText(value);
94 >            if(!_cache.equals(value)) {
95 >                _cache = value;
96 >                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(this);
97 >            }
98          } catch (Exception e) {
99 <            throw new DataFormatException("invalid data type for component");
99 >            throw new DataFormatException(value + " is an invalid data type for " + toString());
100          }
101 <    }        
101 >    }
102 >    
103 >    /**
104 >     * Returns the string showing the packet
105 >     * attribute that the component is looking after
106 >     *
107 >     * @return the packet reference
108 >     */
109 >    public String getPacketAttribute() {
110 >        return _attribute;
111 >    }
112  
113   //---ATTRIBUTES---
114  
115      /**
116 +     * The friendly name of this component
117 +     */
118 +    protected String _name;
119 +    
120 +    /**
121 +     * The attribute that this component is concerned with
122 +     */
123 +    protected String _attribute;
124 +
125 +    /**
126       * The friendly label for this component
127       */
128      protected JLabel _label;
129      
130      /**
131 +     * Remebers what the last value was, so we
132 +     * only update if we have to.
133 +     */    
134 +    String _cache = "";
135 +    
136 +    /**
137 +     * The length of the JTextField
138 +     */
139 +    protected int _displayLength;
140 +    
141 +    /**
142       * Just a normal label to display our value as a String
143       */
144 <    protected JLabel _item = new JLabel();
144 >    protected JTextField _item;
145  
146   //---STATIC ATTRIBUTES---
147  
148 < }
148 > }

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