buoy.widget

Class BMenu

java.lang.Object

buoy.event.EventSource

buoy.widget.Widget

buoy.widget.WidgetContainer

buoy.widget.BMenu

All Implemented Interfaces:

MenuWidget

public class BMenu
extends WidgetContainer
implements MenuWidget

A BMenu is a WidgetContainer corresponding to a pulldown menu in the menu bar of a window.

Author:

Peter Eastman

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BMenu() Create a new BMenu with no title.
BMenu(java.lang.String title) Create a new BMenu.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(MenuWidget widget) Add a MenuWidget (typically a BMenuItem or another BMenu) to the end of the menu.
void	add(MenuWidget widget, int index) Add a MenuWidget (typically a BMenuItem or another BMenu) to the menu.
void	addSeparator() Add a dividing line (a BSeparator) to the end of the menu.
MenuWidget	getChild(int i) Get the i'th child of this container.
int	getChildCount() Get the number of children in this container.
java.util.Collection<Widget>	getChildren() Get a Collection containing all child Widgets of this container.
javax.swing.JMenu	getComponent() Get the java.awt.Component corresponding to this Widget.
int	getMnemonic() Get the mnemonic which can be used to activate this menu in keyboard navigation mode.
java.lang.String	getText() Get the title of this menu which appears in the menu bar.
void	layoutChildren() Layout the child Widgets.
void	remove(Widget widget) Remove a child Widget from this container.
void	removeAll() Remove all child Widgets from this container.
void	setMnemonic(int key) Set the mnemonic which can be used to activate this menu in keyboard navigation mode.
void	setText(java.lang.String title) Set the title of this menu which appears in the menu bar.

Methods inherited from class buoy.widget.WidgetContainer

isOpaque, setOpaque

Methods inherited from class buoy.widget.Widget

addEventLink, dispatchEvent, getBackground, getBounds, getCursor, getFont, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getName, getParent, getPreferredSize, hasFocus, isEnabled, isFocusable, isVisible, repaint, requestFocus, setBackground, setCursor, setEnabled, setFocusable, setFont, setName, setVisible

Methods inherited from class buoy.event.EventSource

addEventLink, addEventLink, removeEventLink

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BMenu

public BMenu()

Create a new BMenu with no title.

BMenu

public BMenu(java.lang.String title)

Create a new BMenu.

Parameters:

title - the title of the menu

Method Detail

getComponent

public javax.swing.JMenu getComponent()

Description copied from class: Widget

Get the java.awt.Component corresponding to this Widget.

Overrides:

getComponent in class Widget

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Get the title of this menu which appears in the menu bar.

setText

public void setText(java.lang.String title)

Set the title of this menu which appears in the menu bar.

getMnemonic

public int getMnemonic()

Get the mnemonic which can be used to activate this menu in keyboard navigation mode.

Returns:

the key code (defined by the KeyEvent class) which activates this menu

setMnemonic

public void setMnemonic(int key)

Set the mnemonic which can be used to activate this menu in keyboard navigation mode.

Parameters:

key - the key code (defined by the KeyEvent class) which activates this menu

add

public void add(MenuWidget widget)

Add a MenuWidget (typically a BMenuItem or another BMenu) to the end of the menu.

Parameters:

widget - the MenuWidget to add

add

public void add(MenuWidget widget,
       int index)

Add a MenuWidget (typically a BMenuItem or another BMenu) to the menu.

Parameters:

widget - the MenuWidget to add

index - the position at which to add it

addSeparator

public void addSeparator()

Add a dividing line (a BSeparator) to the end of the menu.

getChildCount

public int getChildCount()

Get the number of children in this container.

Specified by:

getChildCount in class WidgetContainer

getChild

public MenuWidget getChild(int i)

Get the i'th child of this container.

getChildren

public java.util.Collection<Widget> getChildren()

Get a Collection containing all child Widgets of this container.

Specified by:

getChildren in class WidgetContainer

remove

public void remove(Widget widget)

Remove a child Widget from this container.

Specified by:

remove in class WidgetContainer

removeAll

public void removeAll()

Remove all child Widgets from this container.

Specified by:

removeAll in class WidgetContainer

layoutChildren

public void layoutChildren()

Layout the child Widgets. This may be invoked whenever something has changed (the size of this WidgetContainer, the preferred size of one of its children, etc.) that causes the layout to no longer be correct. If a child is itself a WidgetContainer, its layoutChildren() method will be called in turn.

Specified by:

layoutChildren in class WidgetContainer