org.gjt.sp.jedit

Class EditAction

java.lang.Object

org.gjt.sp.jedit.JEditAbstractEditAction<View>

org.gjt.sp.jedit.EditAction

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanShellAction, Macros.Macro

public abstract class EditAction
extends JEditAbstractEditAction<View>

An action that can be bound to a menu item, tool bar button or keystroke.

See Also:

jEdit.getAction(String), jEdit.getActionNames(), ActionSet

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	EditAction.Wrapper 'Wrap' EditActions in this class to turn them into AWT ActionListeners, that can be attached to buttons, menu items, etc.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.gjt.sp.jedit.JEditAbstractEditAction

args, name

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EditAction(java.lang.String name) Creates a new edit action with the specified name.
EditAction(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object[] newArgs)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getCode()
java.lang.String	getLabel()
java.lang.String	getMouseOverText()
abstract void	invoke(View view) Invokes the action.
boolean	isSelected(java.awt.Component comp)
boolean	isToggle()
boolean	noRecord()
boolean	noRememberLast()
boolean	noRepeat()

Methods inherited from class org.gjt.sp.jedit.JEditAbstractEditAction

getName, invoke, setName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EditAction

public EditAction(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new edit action with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - The action name

EditAction

public EditAction(java.lang.String name,
                  java.lang.Object[] newArgs)

Method Detail

getLabel

public java.lang.String getLabel()

Returns:

the action's label. This returns the value of the property named by JEditAbstractEditAction.getName() suffixed with .label.

getMouseOverText

public final java.lang.String getMouseOverText()

Returns:

the action's mouse over message. This returns the value of the property named by JEditAbstractEditAction.getName() suffixed with .mouse-over.

invoke

public abstract void invoke(View view)

Invokes the action. This is an implementation of the Command pattern, and concrete actions should override this.

Specified by:

invoke in class JEditAbstractEditAction<View>

Parameters:

view - The view

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2 abstract since jEdit 4.3pre7

isToggle

public final boolean isToggle()

Returns:

if this edit action should be displayed as a check box in menus. This returns the value of the property named by JEditAbstractEditAction.getName() suffixed with .toggle.

Since:

jEdit 2.2pre4

isSelected

public boolean isSelected(java.awt.Component comp)

Parameters:

comp - The component

Returns:

If this edit action is a toggle, returns if it is selected or not.

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre1

noRepeat

public boolean noRepeat()

Returns:

if this edit action should not be repeated. Returns false by default.

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2

noRecord

public boolean noRecord()

Returns:

if this edit action should not be recorded. Returns false by default.

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2

noRememberLast

public boolean noRememberLast()

Returns:

if this edit action should not be remembered as the most recently invoked action.

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre1

getCode

public java.lang.String getCode()

Returns:

the BeanShell code that will replay this action. BeanShellAction.getCode() returns something more interesting for Actions that were loaded from the actions.xml file. You do not need to override this method if your action name is unique, this EditAction was added to an ActionSet and that to an ActionContext of jEdit. concrete since jEdit 4.3pre7

Since:

jEdit 2.7pre2