avrora.gui
Class SimMenuBar

java.lang.Object
  avrora.gui.SimMenuBar

public class SimMenuBar

extends java.lang.Object

This simple class handles the top level menu bar. The top level bar contols inputs to the simulator and monitor additions, so the ManageMonitor and ManageSimInput instances are contianed within this class

If you are looking to add to the top level menu of the GUI, you edit this file.

Field Summary

javax.swing.JMenuBar

menuBar This is the high level menu "object" that should be displayed

Constructor Summary

SimMenuBar()

Method Summary

boolean	checkAndDispatch(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e) This checks to see if the event was caused by a widget in this class.
static SimMenuBar	createSimMenuBar() This functions as the constructor for this class.
void	updateMenuBar() This physically creates the look of the menu bar.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

menuBar

public javax.swing.JMenuBar menuBar

This is the high level menu "object" that should be displayed

Constructor Detail

SimMenuBar

public SimMenuBar()

Method Detail

createSimMenuBar

public static SimMenuBar createSimMenuBar()

This functions as the constructor for this class. It inits all internal values and "creates" the visual objects necessary for displaying the menu bar

Returns:

An instance of this class

updateMenuBar

public void updateMenuBar()

This physically creates the look of the menu bar. It should be called upon start up and when any change to a sim setting would cause a change in the menu bar. (e.g. when the sim starts)

checkAndDispatch

public boolean checkAndDispatch(java.awt.event.ActionEvent e)

This checks to see if the event was caused by a widget in this class.

Returns:

true, if a widget inside this class was the cause of the event otherwise false