net.sourceforge.geeboss.view
Class MainView

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.geeboss.view.MainView

All Implemented Interfaces:

Translatable, org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Initializable

public class MainView
extends java.lang.Object
implements Translatable, org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Initializable

This is Geeboss's Main view. All GUI Elements are registered in here and getter Methods are provided so that other Classes are able to access and use them. All settings are loaded in here.

Field Summary

static org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display	mDisplay A lot of other obj have to access display
static MainView	mGeebossGui For classes who needs to access the MainController
static boolean	mIsClosing Flag is set to true when Geeboss is exiting
static LoggerImpl	mLogger Log all catched Exceptions
static org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell	mShell A lot of other obj have to access shell

Constructor Summary

MainView(GeebossContainer container)
Instantiate a new GUI

Method Summary

void	abnormalShutDown() This method is called from the Shutdown Hook Thread in case Geeboss was shut down not the normal way (e.g. the OS is shutting down).
void	changeWindowLayout() Change the window layout between 2 and 3 column window layout
void	enableSystrayIcon(boolean enabled) Enable / Disable Systray Icon for Geeboss
GeebossContainer	getContainer() Getter for container
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display	getDisplay() Getter for display
EffectTabFolder	getEffectTabFolder() Get the NewsTabFolder displaying newsfeeds
EventManager	getEventManager() Get the event manager for Geeboss.
FakeToolTip	getFakeToolTip() Get the FakeToolTip Object
GeebossMenu	getGeebossMenu() Method to let other obj access this object
MidiThread	getMidiThread() Let other objects access this thread
PatchTree	getPatchTree() Method to let other obj access this object
Quickview	getQuickview() Get the Geeboss quickview control
java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,int[]>	getSaveSashWeights() Method to let other obj access this object
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell	getShell() Getter for shell
StatusLine	getStatusLine() Get the StatusLine control
StompView	getStompView() Get the NewsText composite
SystemTray	getSystray() Get the SystemTray object
void	initialize() Initialize this component
boolean	isAlive() This method is called to check if Geeboss is still alive or was just closed by the user.
boolean	isBusy() Check if Geeboss is currently busy with a midi job
void	onClose(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event event, boolean forceExit) Called when the Shell is closed.
void	setup(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display display) Setup the MainView with the parent display
void	showGui() Open Geeboss shell
void	updateCoreSettings(SettingsFactory geebossSettingsParser, boolean isHotLoad) Update core settings of Geeboss that need to be loaded first
void	updateI18N() Update all controlls text with i18n
void	updateUserSettings(SettingsFactory geebossSettingsParser, boolean isHotLoad) Update some user settings from the "user.xml"

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

mDisplay

public static org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display mDisplay

A lot of other obj have to access display

mIsClosing

public static boolean mIsClosing

Flag is set to true when Geeboss is exiting

mLogger

public static LoggerImpl mLogger

Log all catched Exceptions

mGeebossGui

public static MainView mGeebossGui

For classes who needs to access the MainController

mShell

public static org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell mShell

A lot of other obj have to access shell

Constructor Detail

MainView

public MainView(GeebossContainer container)

Instantiate a new GUI

Parameters:

container - The geeboss container

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display display)

Setup the MainView with the parent display

Parameters:

display - the parent display

initialize

public void initialize()
                throws java.lang.Exception

Initialize this component

Specified by:

initialize in interface org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Initializable

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getContainer

public GeebossContainer getContainer()

Getter for container

Returns:

the container

getDisplay

public org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display getDisplay()

Getter for display

Returns:

the display

getShell

public org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell getShell()

Getter for shell

Returns:

the shell

isAlive

public boolean isAlive()

This method is called to check if Geeboss is still alive or was just closed by the user.

Returns:

true if Geeboss is still running

abnormalShutDown

public void abnormalShutDown()

This method is called from the Shutdown Hook Thread in case Geeboss was shut down not the normal way (e.g. the OS is shutting down).
It is not guaranteed, that this method will be executed in any case.

changeWindowLayout

public void changeWindowLayout()

Change the window layout between 2 and 3 column window layout

enableSystrayIcon

public void enableSystrayIcon(boolean enabled)

Enable / Disable Systray Icon for Geeboss

Parameters:

enabled - true if enabled

getEventManager

public EventManager getEventManager()

Get the event manager for Geeboss.

Returns:

Returns the eventManager.

getFakeToolTip

public FakeToolTip getFakeToolTip()

Get the FakeToolTip Object

Returns:

FakeToolTip The fake tooltip object

getPatchTree

public PatchTree getPatchTree()

Method to let other obj access this object

Returns:

The tree holding all patch

getMidiThread

public MidiThread getMidiThread()

Let other objects access this thread

Returns:

the midi thread

getGeebossMenu

public GeebossMenu getGeebossMenu()

Method to let other obj access this object

Returns:

geeboss menu

getEffectTabFolder

public EffectTabFolder getEffectTabFolder()

Get the NewsTabFolder displaying newsfeeds

Returns:

NewsTabFolder

getStompView

public StompView getStompView()

Get the NewsText composite

Returns:

NewsText

getQuickview

public Quickview getQuickview()

Get the Geeboss quickview control

Returns:

Quickview

getStatusLine

public StatusLine getStatusLine()

Get the StatusLine control

Returns:

status line.

getSystray

public SystemTray getSystray()

Get the SystemTray object

Returns:

The system tray

getSaveSashWeights

public java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,int[]> getSaveSashWeights()

Method to let other obj access this object

Returns:

HashMap with the saved SashWeights

isBusy

public boolean isBusy()

Check if Geeboss is currently busy with a midi job

Returns:

true if geeboss is busy with a midi job

updateI18N

public void updateI18N()

Update all controlls text with i18n

Specified by:

updateI18N in interface Translatable

onClose

public void onClose(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event event,
                    boolean forceExit)

Called when the Shell is closed. If boolean parameter forceExit is set to true, Geeboss will exit, even if "Minimize to Tray on Exit" is set to true. This forced exit is called when the user has pressed the "Exit" menuitem from the "File" menu.

Parameters:

event - The occuring Event

forceExit - If true, force Geeboss to exit

showGui

public void showGui()

Open Geeboss shell

updateCoreSettings

public void updateCoreSettings(SettingsFactory geebossSettingsParser,
                               boolean isHotLoad)

Update core settings of Geeboss that need to be loaded first

Parameters:

geebossSettingsParser - The settings parser to use

isHotLoad - true if the settings are imported by the user from the running program

updateUserSettings

public void updateUserSettings(SettingsFactory geebossSettingsParser,
                               boolean isHotLoad)

Update some user settings from the "user.xml"

Parameters:

geebossSettingsParser - The settings parser to use

isHotLoad - true if the settings are imported by the user from the running program