com.valhalla.gui
Class Standard

java.lang.Object
  com.valhalla.gui.Standard

public class Standard
extends java.lang.Object

Some common utility functions for UI development

Version:

1.0

Author:

Adam Olsen

Method Summary

static void	assure(java.lang.String field, java.lang.String name) Throws an error if a field is blank
static void	cascadePlacement(java.awt.Container container) Places a Frame on window in a cascade fashion.
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	getIcon(java.lang.String icon) Gets an Icon from the resources (usually the jar or current directory that the app is running from)
static java.awt.Image	getImage(java.lang.String icon) Gets an Image from the resources (usually the jar or current directory that the app is running from)
static java.net.URL	getURL(java.lang.String resource)
static void	noticeMessage(java.awt.Container parent, java.lang.String title, java.lang.String message) Displays a notice dialog
static void	recursivelyApplyFont(java.awt.Component component, java.awt.Font font) Aplies a font to a container and all of it's child components
static void	setBundle(java.util.ResourceBundle bundle) Sets the default resource bundle to be used with the Standard lib
static boolean	warningMessage(java.awt.Container parent, java.lang.String title, java.lang.String message) Displays a warning dialog

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

recursivelyApplyFont

public static void recursivelyApplyFont(java.awt.Component component,
                                        java.awt.Font font)

Aplies a font to a container and all of it's child components

Parameters:

component - the component to apply the font to

font - the font to apply

warningMessage

public static boolean warningMessage(java.awt.Container parent,
                                     java.lang.String title,
                                     java.lang.String message)

Displays a warning dialog

Parameters:

parent - this dialog's parent

title - the dialog title

message - the message

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

noticeMessage

public static void noticeMessage(java.awt.Container parent,
                                 java.lang.String title,
                                 java.lang.String message)

Displays a notice dialog

Parameters:

parent - this dialog's parent

title - the dialog title

message - the message

getURL

public static java.net.URL getURL(java.lang.String resource)

getImage

public static java.awt.Image getImage(java.lang.String icon)

Gets an Image from the resources (usually the jar or current directory that the app is running from)

Parameters:

icon - the name of the image to get

Returns:

the requested image, or null if it could not be found

getIcon

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon getIcon(java.lang.String icon)

Gets an Icon from the resources (usually the jar or current directory that the app is running from)

Parameters:

icon - the name of the image to get

Returns:

the requested icon, or null if it could not be found

cascadePlacement

public static void cascadePlacement(java.awt.Container container)

Places a Frame on window in a cascade fashion. Tracks the last location of the last window to produce the cascade effect

Parameters:

container - the container to cascade

setBundle

public static void setBundle(java.util.ResourceBundle bundle)

Sets the default resource bundle to be used with the Standard lib

Parameters:

bundle - The new bundle value

assure

public static void assure(java.lang.String field,
                          java.lang.String name)
                   throws java.lang.Exception

Throws an error if a field is blank

Parameters:

field - the value of the field

name - the name of the field

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - to be caught if the field was blank