avrora.core
Class LoadableProgram

java.lang.Object
  avrora.core.LoadableProgram

public class LoadableProgram

extends java.lang.Object

The LoadableProgram class represents a reference to a program on the disk. Since the user may want to reload the program (after recompiling it, for example), this class supports the ability to reload the program from disk.

Field Summary

java.io.File	file
java.lang.String	fname
protected Program	program

Constructor Summary

LoadableProgram(java.io.File f)
The constructor for the LoadableProgram class creates a new instance with a reference to the file on the disk.

LoadableProgram(java.lang.String fname)
The constructor for the LoadableProgram class creates a new instance with a reference to the file on the disk.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() The getName() method returns the name of the program, i.e. the name of the file containing the program.
Program	getProgram() The getProgram() method gets the current representation of the program stored in this object.
void	load() The load() method loads (or reloads) the program from the disk.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

fname

public final java.lang.String fname

file

public final java.io.File file

program

protected Program program

Constructor Detail

LoadableProgram

public LoadableProgram(java.io.File f)

The constructor for the LoadableProgram class creates a new instance with a reference to the file on the disk. The program is NOT automatically loaded.

Parameters:

f - the file containing the program

LoadableProgram

public LoadableProgram(java.lang.String fname)

The constructor for the LoadableProgram class creates a new instance with a reference to the file on the disk. The program is NOT automatically loaded.

Parameters:

fname - the filename of the file containing the program

Method Detail

getProgram

public Program getProgram()

The getProgram() method gets the current representation of the program stored in this object. It will NOT load the program if it has not been loaded yet.

Returns:

A program representing a "compiled" version of the file

load

public void load()
          throws java.lang.Exception

The load() method loads (or reloads) the program from the disk.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

The getName() method returns the name of the program, i.e. the name of the file containing the program.

Returns:

the name of the file without its absolute path