algalcommand.alpha
Class AlgalCommandApp

java.lang.Object
  org.jdesktop.application.AbstractBean
      org.jdesktop.application.Application
          org.jdesktop.application.SingleFrameApplication
              algalcommand.alpha.AlgalCommandApp

public class AlgalCommandApp
extends org.jdesktop.application.SingleFrameApplication

The main class of the application.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.jdesktop.application.Application

org.jdesktop.application.Application.ExitListener

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_PATH This is the filepath of the folder where the jar executable resides

Constructor Summary

AlgalCommandApp()

Method Summary

protected void	configureWindow(java.awt.Window root) This method is to initialize the specified window by injecting resources.
static AlgalCommandApp	getApplication() A convenient static getter for the application instance.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Main method launching the application.
static java.io.File	makeLocalFile(java.lang.String localfolder, java.lang.String filename, boolean makedir) Makes a local folder and references a file in that folder.
protected void	startup() At startup create and show the main frame of the application.

Methods inherited from class org.jdesktop.application.SingleFrameApplication

getMainFrame, getMainView, setMainFrame, show, show, show, show, shutdown

Methods inherited from class org.jdesktop.application.Application

addExitListener, end, exit, exit, getContext, getExitListeners, getInstance, getInstance, hide, initialize, launch, quit, ready, removeExitListener

Methods inherited from class org.jdesktop.application.AbstractBean

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getPropertyChangeListeners, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_PATH

public static java.lang.String APPLICATION_DIRECTORY_PATH

This is the filepath of the folder where the jar executable resides

Constructor Detail

AlgalCommandApp

public AlgalCommandApp()

Method Detail

makeLocalFile

public static java.io.File makeLocalFile(java.lang.String localfolder,
                                         java.lang.String filename,
                                         boolean makedir)

Makes a local folder and references a file in that folder. Filepaths will be local in the sense that it will be as if the working directory is the same as the executing jar file.

Parameters:

localfolder - Name of the local folder that the file will be in. Use "." for 'no folder'.

filename - The name of the file in that folder that you want to reference.

makedir - Whether or not to create a folder if the folder does not already exists. This chould be true when you want to save to the file, and false when we are only interested in testing whether or not the file exists.

Returns:

A File object referencing the specified local file.

startup

protected void startup()

At startup create and show the main frame of the application.

Specified by:

startup in class org.jdesktop.application.Application

configureWindow

protected void configureWindow(java.awt.Window root)

This method is to initialize the specified window by injecting resources. Windows shown in our application come fully initialized from the GUI builder, so this additional configuration is not needed.

Overrides:

configureWindow in class org.jdesktop.application.SingleFrameApplication

getApplication

public static AlgalCommandApp getApplication()

A convenient static getter for the application instance.

Returns:

the instance of AlgalCommandApp

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Main method launching the application.