org.freehep.swing
Class RecentFileList

java.lang.Object
  org.freehep.swing.RecentFileList

All Implemented Interfaces:

ActionListener, EventListener

public class RecentFileList
extends Object
implements ActionListener

A class for maintaining a "Recent File List". The recent file list can be stored between program invocations in a properties file. One or more RecentFileLists can easily be embedded in a JMenu.

Version:

$Id: RecentFileList.java 8584 2006-08-10 23:06:37Z duns $

Author:

Tony Johnson (tonyj@slac.stanford.edu)

Constructor Summary

RecentFileList()
Create a RecentFileList

RecentFileList(int size)
Create a RecentFileList with a given maximum length

RecentFileList(String type)
Create a recent file list.

RecentFileList(String type, int size)
Create a recent file list with a given type and size

Method Summary

void	actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
void	add(File f) Add a file to the list
void	add(String name) Add a file to the list
void	addActionListener(ActionListener l)
void	buildMenu(JMenu menu) Adds the recent file list to a menu.
void	load(Properties props) Load the recent file list from a Properties set
void	remove(File f) Remove a file from the list
void	remove(String name) Remove a file from the list
void	removeActionListener(ActionListener l)
void	save(Properties props) Save the recent file list in a Properties set

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList()

Create a RecentFileList

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList(int size)

Create a RecentFileList with a given maximum length

Parameters:

size - the maximum number of files to remember

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList(String type)

Create a recent file list. The type parameter is used to prefix entries in the properties file, so that multiple RecentFileLists can be used in an application.

Parameters:

type - The prefix to use

RecentFileList

public RecentFileList(String type,
                      int size)

Create a recent file list with a given type and size

Parameters:

type - The prefix to use

size - the maximum number of files to remember

Method Detail

addActionListener

public void addActionListener(ActionListener l)

removeActionListener

public void removeActionListener(ActionListener l)

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

Specified by:

actionPerformed in interface ActionListener

save

public void save(Properties props)

Save the recent file list in a Properties set

Parameters:

props - The Properties set to save the files in

load

public void load(Properties props)

Load the recent file list from a Properties set

Parameters:

props - The Properties set to load from

add

public void add(File f)

Add a file to the list

Parameters:

f - The file to add

remove

public void remove(File f)

Remove a file from the list

Parameters:

f - Remove a file from the list

add

public void add(String name)

Add a file to the list

Parameters:

name - The name of the file to add

remove

public void remove(String name)

Remove a file from the list

Parameters:

name - The name of the file to remove

buildMenu

public void buildMenu(JMenu menu)

Adds the recent file list to a menu. The files will be added at the end of the menu, with a separator before the files (if there are >0 files in the list)