moa.gui

Class GUIDefaults

java.lang.Object

moa.gui.GUIDefaults

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class GUIDefaults
extends Object
implements Serializable

This class offers get methods for the default GUI settings in the props file moa/gui/GUI.props.

Version:

$Revision: 6103 $

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static Properties	PROPERTIES Properties associated with the GUI options.
static String	PROPERTY_FILE The name of the properties file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GUIDefaults()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	get(String property, String defaultValue) returns the value for the specified property, if non-existent then the default value.
static String	getInitialDirectory() Returns the initial directory for the file chooser used for opening datasets.
protected static Object	getObject(String property, String defaultValue) Tries to instantiate the class stored for this property, optional options will be set as well.
protected static Object	getObject(String property, String defaultValue, Class cls) Tries to instantiate the class stored for this property, optional options will be set as well.
static Properties	getProperties() returns the associated properties file.
static String[]	getTabs() returns an array with the classnames of all the additional panels to display as tabs in the GUI.
static void	main(String[] args) only for testing - prints the content of the props file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PROPERTY_FILE

public static final String PROPERTY_FILE

The name of the properties file.

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Constant Field Values

PROPERTIES

protected static Properties PROPERTIES

Properties associated with the GUI options.

Constructor Detail

GUIDefaults

public GUIDefaults()

Method Detail

get

public static String get(String property,
         String defaultValue)

returns the value for the specified property, if non-existent then the default value.

Parameters:

property - the property to retrieve the value for

defaultValue - the default value for the property

Returns:

the value of the specified property

getProperties

public static final Properties getProperties()

returns the associated properties file.

Returns:

the props file

getObject

protected static Object getObject(String property,
               String defaultValue)

Tries to instantiate the class stored for this property, optional options will be set as well. Returns null if unsuccessful.

Parameters:

property - the property to get the object for

defaultValue - the default object spec string

Returns:

if successful the fully configured object, null otherwise

getObject

protected static Object getObject(String property,
               String defaultValue,
               Class cls)

Tries to instantiate the class stored for this property, optional options will be set as well. Returns null if unsuccessful.

Parameters:

property - the property to get the object for

defaultValue - the default object spec string

cls - the class the object must be derived from

Returns:

if successful the fully configured object, null otherwise

getTabs

public static String[] getTabs()

returns an array with the classnames of all the additional panels to display as tabs in the GUI.

Returns:

the classnames

getInitialDirectory

public static String getInitialDirectory()

Returns the initial directory for the file chooser used for opening datasets.

The following placeholders are recognized:

   %t - the temp directory
   %h - the user's home directory
   %c - the current directory
   %% - gets replaced by a single percentage sign
 

Returns:

the default directory

main

public static void main(String[] args)

only for testing - prints the content of the props file.

Parameters:

args - commandline parameters - ignored