talx.view
Class ActionDispatcher

java.lang.Object
  talx.view.ActionDispatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.EventListener

public class ActionDispatcher

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.awt.event.ActionListener

Class to provide system-wide action dispatch services. All components that wish to generate action events should register through the static addActionGenerator method. Eventually, the controller will put itself in as the listener. This class merely serves as a placeholder for the controller because the controller cannot be created until the view is created, but by then the view already needed to send its actions somewhere.

Method Summary

void	actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e) Sends the ActionEvent to the controller.
static void	addActionGenerator(javax.swing.AbstractButton b)
static void	addActionGenerator(InboxControl c) Objects wishing to broadcast actions should register via this method.
static void	clear() Shuts down the controller and discards all object references.
static void	fireActionEvent(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e)
static java.lang.ThreadGroup	getCurrentFeatureThreadGroup() Returns a thread group that is shared amoung features.
static void	setController(Controller c) Objects wishing to hear the action broadcast should subsribe via this method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

setController

public static void setController(Controller c)

Objects wishing to hear the action broadcast should subsribe via this method.

addActionGenerator

public static void addActionGenerator(javax.swing.AbstractButton b)

addActionGenerator

public static void addActionGenerator(InboxControl c)

Objects wishing to broadcast actions should register via this method.

fireActionEvent

public static void fireActionEvent(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e)

clear

public static void clear()

Shuts down the controller and discards all object references.

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e)

Sends the ActionEvent to the controller.

Specified by:

actionPerformed in interface java.awt.event.ActionListener

getCurrentFeatureThreadGroup

public static java.lang.ThreadGroup getCurrentFeatureThreadGroup()

Returns a thread group that is shared amoung features. Using this thread group for features that spawn new threads, along with meaningful thread names, allows easy debugging of concurrency issues.