org.peace_tools.core
Class AboutDialog

java.lang.Object
  java.awt.Component
      java.awt.Container
          java.awt.Window
              java.awt.Dialog
                  javax.swing.JDialog
                      org.peace_tools.core.AboutDialog

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.image.ImageObserver, java.awt.MenuContainer, java.io.Serializable, javax.accessibility.Accessible, javax.swing.RootPaneContainer, javax.swing.WindowConstants

public class AboutDialog
extends javax.swing.JDialog

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.JDialog

javax.swing.JDialog.AccessibleJDialog

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Dialog

java.awt.Dialog.AccessibleAWTDialog, java.awt.Dialog.ModalExclusionType, java.awt.Dialog.ModalityType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Window

java.awt.Window.AccessibleAWTWindow

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Container

java.awt.Container.AccessibleAWTContainer

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.awt.Component

java.awt.Component.AccessibleAWTComponent, java.awt.Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, java.awt.Component.BltBufferStrategy, java.awt.Component.FlipBufferStrategy

Field Summary

private java.util.ArrayList<javax.swing.Icon>	AuthorImages The icons to be displayed for each author to make the about dialog a bit more fancy.
private java.lang.String[]	AuthorList The list of authors and their information to be loaded from text files in PEACE install directory.
private CustomPanel	cp A custom panel that actually has the PEACE logo as the background image.
private static long	serialVersionUID A generated serialization UID to keep the compiler happy.

Fields inherited from class javax.swing.JDialog

accessibleContext, rootPane, rootPaneCheckingEnabled

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Dialog

DEFAULT_MODALITY_TYPE

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.WindowConstants

DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE, DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE, EXIT_ON_CLOSE, HIDE_ON_CLOSE

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

AboutDialog(javax.swing.JFrame owner)
The constructor.

Method Summary

private void	createAuthorList(javax.swing.JTabbedPane tabs) Helper method to create the "Authors" tab in the dialog.
private javax.swing.Box	createCloseButtonPanel() Helper method to create and add panel with version information along with the close button.
private void	createLicenceTab(javax.swing.JTabbedPane tabs) This is a helper method that is used to create the license tab in the about dialog.
private java.lang.String[]	loadAuthorInfo() Helper method to load author information from various files.

Methods inherited from class javax.swing.JDialog

addImpl, createRootPane, dialogInit, getAccessibleContext, getContentPane, getDefaultCloseOperation, getGlassPane, getGraphics, getJMenuBar, getLayeredPane, getRootPane, getTransferHandler, isDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated, isRootPaneCheckingEnabled, paramString, processWindowEvent, remove, repaint, setContentPane, setDefaultCloseOperation, setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated, setGlassPane, setJMenuBar, setLayeredPane, setLayout, setRootPane, setRootPaneCheckingEnabled, setTransferHandler, update

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Dialog

addNotify, getModalityType, getTitle, hide, isModal, isResizable, isUndecorated, setModal, setModalityType, setResizable, setTitle, setUndecorated, setVisible, show, toBack

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Window

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addWindowFocusListener, addWindowListener, addWindowStateListener, applyResourceBundle, applyResourceBundle, createBufferStrategy, createBufferStrategy, dispose, getBufferStrategy, getFocusableWindowState, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusOwner, getFocusTraversalKeys, getGraphicsConfiguration, getIconImages, getInputContext, getListeners, getLocale, getModalExclusionType, getMostRecentFocusOwner, getOwnedWindows, getOwner, getOwnerlessWindows, getToolkit, getWarningString, getWindowFocusListeners, getWindowListeners, getWindows, getWindowStateListeners, isActive, isAlwaysOnTop, isAlwaysOnTopSupported, isFocusableWindow, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocused, isLocationByPlatform, isShowing, pack, postEvent, processEvent, processWindowFocusEvent, processWindowStateEvent, removeNotify, removeWindowFocusListener, removeWindowListener, removeWindowStateListener, reshape, setAlwaysOnTop, setBounds, setBounds, setCursor, setFocusableWindowState, setFocusCycleRoot, setIconImage, setIconImages, setLocationByPlatform, setLocationRelativeTo, setMinimumSize, setModalExclusionType, setSize, setSize, toFront

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Container

add, add, add, add, add, addContainerListener, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, countComponents, deliverEvent, doLayout, findComponentAt, findComponentAt, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getComponent, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentCount, getComponents, getComponentZOrder, getContainerListeners, getFocusTraversalPolicy, getInsets, getLayout, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getMousePosition, getPreferredSize, insets, invalidate, isAncestorOf, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, isFocusTraversalPolicySet, layout, list, list, locate, minimumSize, paint, paintComponents, preferredSize, print, printComponents, processContainerEvent, remove, removeAll, removeContainerListener, setComponentZOrder, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFocusTraversalPolicy, setFocusTraversalPolicyProvider, setFont, transferFocusDownCycle, validate, validateTree

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, contains, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, disable, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, enable, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getBackground, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBounds, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getHeight, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocation, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPeer, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getSize, getTreeLock, getWidth, getX, getY, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, imageUpdate, inside, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isDoubleBuffered, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isOpaque, isPreferredSizeSet, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, list, list, list, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paintAll, prepareImage, prepareImage, printAll, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, resize, resize, setBackground, setComponentOrientation, setDropTarget, setEnabled, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setForeground, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setMaximumSize, setName, setPreferredSize, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusUpCycle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

cp

private CustomPanel cp

A custom panel that actually has the PEACE logo as the background image. This panel is used to hold all the components just to make this dialog look nice.

AuthorList

private final java.lang.String[] AuthorList

The list of authors and their information to be loaded from text files in PEACE install directory.

AuthorImages

private final java.util.ArrayList<javax.swing.Icon> AuthorImages

The icons to be displayed for each author to make the about dialog a bit more fancy.

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

A generated serialization UID to keep the compiler happy.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AboutDialog

public AboutDialog(javax.swing.JFrame owner)
            throws java.lang.Exception

The constructor. The constructor essentially sets up the default properties of this dialog along with the top image for display. The core setup of various tabs is done using helper methods.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

Method Detail

createCloseButtonPanel

private javax.swing.Box createCloseButtonPanel()

Helper method to create and add panel with version information along with the close button. This method is invoked from the constructor to create the bottom portion of the about dialog. This method was introduced to streamline the code in the constructor. This method is rather straightforward.

loadAuthorInfo

private java.lang.String[] loadAuthorInfo()
                                   throws java.lang.Exception

Helper method to load author information from various files. This method is a helper method that was primarily introduced to streamline the code better. This method uses the brief names of the authors (statically fixed in this class) to load the data and images for each one into arrays. The data is used to create the list and the images are suitably rendered.

Note: This method adds images for authors in the AuthorImage array list.

Returns:

The list of strings containing the author info.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - This method throws exceptions if errors occur when loading the information.

createAuthorList

private void createAuthorList(javax.swing.JTabbedPane tabs)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

Helper method to create the "Authors" tab in the dialog. This method is invoked from the constructor only once when the dialog is created. This method was introduced to streamline the code better and ease creation of the various tabs in the dialog.

Parameters:

tabs - The tabbed pane to which the author tab is to be added.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - This method propagates exception that may occur when loading author information from various files.

createLicenceTab

private void createLicenceTab(javax.swing.JTabbedPane tabs)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

This is a helper method that is used to create the license tab in the about dialog. This method was introduced to streamline the code. It is a relatively straightforward method.

Parameters:

tabs - The tabbed pane to which the license tab is to be added.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - This method propagates exception that may occur when loading author information from various files.