net.sourceforge.java.feednread.frontend.event.action
Class AggregateAction

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
      org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractAction
          org.eclipse.jface.action.Action
              net.sourceforge.java.feednread.frontend.event.action.AggregateAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAction, IMenuCreator

public class AggregateAction

extends Action

implements IMenuCreator

This Action acts as container for all sub actions defined to aggregate newsfeeds. It shows a drop down menu from which a sub Action may be activated.

Author:

Sebastian Machhausen

Field Summary

AggregateAllAction	actionAggregateAll The aggregate all sub Action
AggregateCategoryAction	actionAggregateCategory The aggregate Category sub Action
private MainApplicationWindow	mainWindow The Feed'n Read main window
private MenuManager	menuMgr The MenuManager used by this Action to create the sub menu

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.Action

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction

AS_CHECK_BOX, AS_DROP_DOWN_MENU, AS_PUSH_BUTTON, AS_RADIO_BUTTON, AS_UNSPECIFIED, CHECKED, DESCRIPTION, ENABLED, HANDLED, IMAGE, RESULT, TEXT, TOOL_TIP_TEXT

Constructor Summary

AggregateAction(MainApplicationWindow mainWindow)
Creates a new AggregateAction instance.

Method Summary

private void	createMenuManager() Creates the MenuManager used by this AggregateAction.
private void	createSubActions() Creates all sub actions of this AggregrateAction
void	dispose() Disposes the menu returned by getMenu.
Menu	getMenu(Control parent) Returns the SWT menu, created as a pop up menu parented by the given control.
Menu	getMenu(Menu parent) Returns an SWT menu created as a drop down menu parented by the given menu.
void	run() Executes the action: Executes the AggregateAllAction by default.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.Action

convertAccelerator, convertAccelerator, findKeyCode, findKeyString, findModifier, findModifierString, getAccelerator, getActionDefinitionId, getDescription, getDisabledImageDescriptor, getHelpListener, getHoverImageDescriptor, getId, getImageDescriptor, getMenuCreator, getStyle, getText, getToolTipText, isChecked, isEnabled, isHandled, notifyResult, removeAcceleratorText, removeMnemonics, runWithEvent, setAccelerator, setActionDefinitionId, setChecked, setDescription, setDisabledImageDescriptor, setEnabled, setHelpListener, setHoverImageDescriptor, setId, setImageDescriptor, setMenuCreator, setText, setToolTipText

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractAction

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager

addListenerObject, clearListeners, getListeners, isListenerAttached, removeListenerObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction

addPropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Field Detail

mainWindow

private MainApplicationWindow mainWindow

The Feed'n Read main window

menuMgr

private MenuManager menuMgr

The MenuManager used by this Action to create the sub menu

actionAggregateAll

public AggregateAllAction actionAggregateAll

The aggregate all sub Action

actionAggregateCategory

public AggregateCategoryAction actionAggregateCategory

The aggregate Category sub Action

Constructor Detail

AggregateAction

public AggregateAction(MainApplicationWindow mainWindow)

Creates a new AggregateAction instance. This Action acts as container for all sub actions defined to aggregate newsfeeds. It shows a drop down menu from which a sub Action may be activated.

Parameters:

mainWindow - the Feed'n Read main window

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Executes the action:

• Executes the AggregateAllAction by default./li>

Specified by:

run in interface IAction

dispose

public void dispose()

Disposes the menu returned by getMenu. Does nothing if there is no menu. This method will be executed only when the parent of the menu is disposed.

Specified by:

dispose in interface IMenuCreator

getMenu

public Menu getMenu(Control parent)

Returns the SWT menu, created as a pop up menu parented by the given control. In most cases, this menu can be created once, cached and reused when the pop-up/drop-down action occurs. If the menu must be dynamically created (i.e., each time it is popped up or dropped down), the old menu should be disposed of before replacing it with the new menu.

Specified by:

getMenu in interface IMenuCreator

Parameters:

parent - the parent control

Returns:

the menu, or null if the menu could not be created

getMenu

public Menu getMenu(Menu parent)

Returns an SWT menu created as a drop down menu parented by the given menu. In most cases, this menu can be created once, cached and reused when the pop-up/drop-down action occurs. If the menu must be dynamically created (i.e., each time it is popped up or dropped down), the old menu should be disposed of before replacing it with the new menu.

Specified by:

getMenu in interface IMenuCreator

Parameters:

parent - the parent menu

Returns:

the menu, or null if the menu could not be created

createMenuManager

private void createMenuManager()

Creates the MenuManager used by this AggregateAction. All sub actions are created and added to the MenuManager.

createSubActions

private void createSubActions()

Creates all sub actions of this AggregrateAction