com.metamatrix.console.ui
Class ViewManager

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.console.ui.ViewManager

public class ViewManager
extends java.lang.Object

ViewManager is a developer's API to the metaMatrix console's framework. It is a central point of controlling such things as initializing the GUI, refreshing, and retrieving the currently active panel. (Note that this class consists mostly of static helper methods.)

Author:

Steve Jacobs

Field Summary

static javax.swing.ImageIcon	CONSOLE_ICON
static java.awt.Image	CONSOLE_ICON_IMAGE

Constructor Summary

ViewManager()

Method Summary

static void	clearStatus()
static void	endBusy() Should be called after the operation that startBusy was called for.
static void	endBusySyncronize()
static void	fireApplicationEvent(java.util.EventObject event)
static javax.swing.JFrame	getMainFrame()
static void	init(ConnectionInfo connection)
static void	setLoggingPreferences()
static void	setStatus(java.lang.String statusMessage)
static void	startBusy() Should be called before any operation that will take a long time.
static void	startBusySyncronize()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CONSOLE_ICON

public static final javax.swing.ImageIcon CONSOLE_ICON

CONSOLE_ICON_IMAGE

public static java.awt.Image CONSOLE_ICON_IMAGE

Constructor Detail

ViewManager

public ViewManager()

Method Detail

init

public static void init(ConnectionInfo connection)

getMainFrame

public static javax.swing.JFrame getMainFrame()

setStatus

public static void setStatus(java.lang.String statusMessage)

clearStatus

public static void clearStatus()

fireApplicationEvent

public static void fireApplicationEvent(java.util.EventObject event)

setLoggingPreferences

public static void setLoggingPreferences()

startBusy

public static void startBusy()

Should be called before any operation that will take a long time. This will make the GUI indicate business.

startBusySyncronize

public static void startBusySyncronize()

endBusy

public static void endBusy()

Should be called after the operation that startBusy was called for. It may be wise to put this method invocation in a finally{} block in case, for example, a remote method invocation fails.

endBusySyncronize

public static void endBusySyncronize()