Package xal.app.launcher

Class PreferenceController

java.lang.Object

xal.app.launcher.PreferenceController

public class PreferenceController
extends Object

PreferenceController is a convenience class for displaying a PathPreferenceSelector for the default document to open when the application launches.

Author:

tap

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	PreferenceController()	Constructor which is hidden since this class only has static methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	displayPathPreferenceSelector()	Display the PathPreferenceSelector with no owner.
static void	displayPathPreferenceSelector(Dialog owner)	Display the PathPreferenceSelector with the specified Dialog as the owner.
static void	displayPathPreferenceSelector(Frame owner)	Display the PathPreferenceSelector with the specified Frame as the owner.
static URL	getDefaultDocumentURL()	Get the URL of the default connection dictionary properties file
static String	getDefaultDocumentURLSpec()	Get the URL Spec of the default launcher document
protected static Preferences	getDefaults()	Get the user preferences for this class
static void	setDefaultDocumentURLSpec(String urlSpec)	Set the URL Spec of the default launcher document

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PreferenceController

protected PreferenceController()

Constructor which is hidden since this class only has static methods.

Method Detail

getDefaults

protected static Preferences getDefaults()

Get the user preferences for this class

Returns:

the user preferences for this class

getDefaultDocumentURL

public static URL getDefaultDocumentURL()
                                 throws MalformedURLException

Get the URL of the default connection dictionary properties file

Returns:

the URL of the default connection dictionary properties file

Throws:

MalformedURLException - if the default URL spec cannot form a valid URL

getDefaultDocumentURLSpec

public static String getDefaultDocumentURLSpec()

Get the URL Spec of the default launcher document

Returns:

the URL Spec of the default launcher document

setDefaultDocumentURLSpec

public static void setDefaultDocumentURLSpec(String urlSpec)

Set the URL Spec of the default launcher document

displayPathPreferenceSelector

public static void displayPathPreferenceSelector(Frame owner)

Display the PathPreferenceSelector with the specified Frame as the owner.

Parameters:

owner - The owner of the PathPreferenceSelector dialog.

displayPathPreferenceSelector

public static void displayPathPreferenceSelector(Dialog owner)

Display the PathPreferenceSelector with the specified Dialog as the owner.

Parameters:

owner - The owner of the PathPreferenceSelector dialog.

displayPathPreferenceSelector

public static void displayPathPreferenceSelector()

Display the PathPreferenceSelector with no owner.