org.gjt.sp.jedit
Class EditAction

java.lang.Object
  org.gjt.sp.jedit.JEditAbstractEditAction<View>
      org.gjt.sp.jedit.EditAction

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanShellAction, Macros.Macro

public abstract class EditAction
extends JEditAbstractEditAction<View>

An action that can be bound to a menu item, tool bar button or keystroke.

See Also:

jEdit.getAction(String), jEdit.getActionNames(), ActionSet

Nested Class Summary

static class

EditAction.Wrapper 'Wrap' EditActions in this class to turn them into AWT ActionListeners, that can be attached to buttons, menu items, etc.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.gjt.sp.jedit.JEditAbstractEditAction

args, name

Constructor Summary

EditAction(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new edit action with the specified name.

EditAction(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object[] newArgs)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCode() Returns the BeanShell code that will replay this action.
java.lang.String	getLabel() Returns the action's label.
java.lang.String	getMouseOverText() Returns the action's mouse over message.
static View	getView(java.awt.Component comp) Deprecated. Call GUIUtilities.getView() instead.
abstract void	invoke(View view) Invokes the action.
boolean	isSelected(java.awt.Component comp) If this edit action is a toggle, returns if it is selected or not.
boolean	isToggle() Returns if this edit action should be displayed as a check box in menus.
boolean	noRecord() Returns if this edit action should not be recorded.
boolean	noRememberLast() Returns if this edit action should not be remembered as the most recently invoked action.
boolean	noRepeat() Returns if this edit action should not be repeated.

Methods inherited from class org.gjt.sp.jedit.JEditAbstractEditAction

getName, invoke, setName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EditAction

public EditAction(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new edit action with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - The action name

EditAction

public EditAction(java.lang.String name,
                  java.lang.Object[] newArgs)

Method Detail

getLabel

public java.lang.String getLabel()

Returns the action's label. This returns the value of the property named by JEditAbstractEditAction.getName() suffixed with .label.

getMouseOverText

public final java.lang.String getMouseOverText()

Returns the action's mouse over message. This returns the value of the property named by JEditAbstractEditAction.getName() suffixed with .mouse-over.

invoke

public abstract void invoke(View view)

Invokes the action. This is an implementation of the Command pattern, and concrete actions should override this.

Specified by:

invoke in class JEditAbstractEditAction<View>

Parameters:

view - The view

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2 abstract since jEdit 4.3pre7

getView

public static View getView(java.awt.Component comp)

Deprecated. Call GUIUtilities.getView() instead.

isToggle

public final boolean isToggle()

Returns if this edit action should be displayed as a check box in menus. This returns the value of the property named by JEditAbstractEditAction.getName() suffixed with .toggle.

Since:

jEdit 2.2pre4

isSelected

public boolean isSelected(java.awt.Component comp)

If this edit action is a toggle, returns if it is selected or not.

Parameters:

comp - The component

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre1

noRepeat

public boolean noRepeat()

Returns if this edit action should not be repeated. Returns false by default.

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2

noRecord

public boolean noRecord()

Returns if this edit action should not be recorded. Returns false by default.

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2

noRememberLast

public boolean noRememberLast()

Returns if this edit action should not be remembered as the most recently invoked action.

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre1

getCode

public java.lang.String getCode()

Returns the BeanShell code that will replay this action. BeanShellAction.getCode() returns something more interesting for Actions that were loaded from the actions.xml file. You do not need to override this method if your action name is unique, this EditAction was added to an ActionSet and that to an ActionContext of jEdit. concrete since jEdit 4.3pre7

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2