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org.openide.actions
Class ActionManager

java.lang.Object
  org.openide.actions.ActionManager

public abstract class ActionManager
extends Object

Collects access methods to implementation depended functionality for actions package.

Field Summary

static String PROP_CONTEXT_ACTIONS
          name of property that is fired when set of context actions changes.

Constructor Summary

ActionManager()


Method Summary

void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
          Registers PropertyChangeListener to receive events.

protected void firePropertyChange(String name, Object o, Object n)
          Notifies all registered listeners about the event.

abstract SystemAction[] getContextActions()
          Get all registered actions that should be displayed by tools action.

static ActionManager getDefault()
          Get the default action manager from lookup.

void invokeAction(Action a, ActionEvent e)
          Deprecated. Just use ActionListener.actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent) directly instead. Since 4.11.

void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
          Removes PropertyChangeListener from the list of listeners.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PROP_CONTEXT_ACTIONS

public static final String PROP_CONTEXT_ACTIONS

name of property that is fired when set of context actions changes.

See Also:: Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ActionManager

public ActionManager()

Method Detail

getDefault

public static ActionManager getDefault()

Get the default action manager from lookup.

Returns:: some default instance
Since:: 4.2

getContextActions

public abstract SystemAction[] getContextActions()

Get all registered actions that should be displayed by tools action. Can contain nulls that will be replaced by separators.

Returns:: array of actions

invokeAction

public void invokeAction(Action a,
                         ActionEvent e)

Deprecated. Just use ActionListener.actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent) directly instead. Since 4.11.

Invokes action in a RequestPrecessor dedicated to performing actions. Nonabstract since 4.11.

addPropertyChangeListener

public final void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Registers PropertyChangeListener to receive events.

Parameters:: listener - The listener to register.

removePropertyChangeListener

public final void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)

Removes PropertyChangeListener from the list of listeners.

Parameters:: listener - The listener to remove.

firePropertyChange

protected final void firePropertyChange(String name,
                                        Object o,
                                        Object n)

Notifies all registered listeners about the event.

Parameters:: name - property name; o - old value; n - new value