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org.openide.util.actions
Class CallableSystemAction

java.lang.Object
  org.openide.util.SharedClassObject
      org.openide.util.actions.SystemAction
          org.openide.util.actions.CallableSystemAction

All Implemented Interfaces:: Action, ActionListener, EventListener, Externalizable, HelpCtx.Provider, Presenter, Presenter.Menu, Presenter.Popup, Presenter.Toolbar, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:: CallbackSystemAction

public abstract class CallableSystemAction
extends SystemAction
implements Presenter.Menu, Presenter.Popup, Presenter.Toolbar

An action which may be called programmatically. Typically a presenter will call its performAction() method, which must be implemented.

Provides default presenters using the Actions utility class.

See Also:: Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.openide.util.actions.Presenter

Presenter.Menu, Presenter.Popup, Presenter.Toolbar

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.openide.util.actions.SystemAction

PROP_ENABLED, PROP_ICON

Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.Action

ACCELERATOR_KEY, ACTION_COMMAND_KEY, DEFAULT, LONG_DESCRIPTION, MNEMONIC_KEY, NAME, SHORT_DESCRIPTION, SMALL_ICON

Constructor Summary

CallableSystemAction()


Method Summary

void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev)
          Actually perform the action.

protected boolean asynchronous()
          If true, this action should be performed asynchronously in a private thread.

JMenuItem getMenuPresenter()
          Get a menu item that can present this action in a JMenu.

JMenuItem getPopupPresenter()
          Get a menu item that can present this action in a JPopupMenu.

Component getToolbarPresenter()
          Get a component that can present this action in a JToolBar.

abstract void performAction()
          Actually perform the action.

Methods inherited from class org.openide.util.actions.SystemAction

clearSharedData, createPopupMenu, createToolbarPresenter, get, getHelpCtx, getIcon, getIcon, getName, getValue, iconResource, initialize, isEnabled, linkActions, putValue, setEnabled, setIcon

Methods inherited from class org.openide.util.SharedClassObject

addNotify, addPropertyChangeListener, equals, finalize, findObject, findObject, firePropertyChange, getLock, getProperty, hashCode, putProperty, putProperty, readExternal, removeNotify, removePropertyChangeListener, reset, writeExternal, writeReplace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface javax.swing.Action

addPropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Constructor Detail

CallableSystemAction

public CallableSystemAction()

Method Detail

getMenuPresenter

public JMenuItem getMenuPresenter()

Description copied from interface: Presenter.Menu

Get a menu item that can present this action in a JMenu. If your menu content is dynamic in nature, consider using DynamicMenuContent

Specified by:: getMenuPresenter in interface Presenter.Menu

Returns:: the representation for this action

getPopupPresenter

public JMenuItem getPopupPresenter()

Description copied from interface: Presenter.Popup

Get a menu item that can present this action in a JPopupMenu. If your menu content is dynamic in nature, consider using DynamicMenuContent

Specified by:: getPopupPresenter in interface Presenter.Popup

Returns:: the representation for this action

getToolbarPresenter

public Component getToolbarPresenter()

Description copied from interface: Presenter.Toolbar

Get a component that can present this action in a JToolBar.

Specified by:: getToolbarPresenter in interface Presenter.Toolbar

Returns:: the representation for this action

performAction

public abstract void performAction()

Actually perform the action. This is the method which should be called programmatically. Presenters in Actions use this.

See SystemAction.actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent) for a note on threading usage: in particular, do not access GUI components without explicitly asking for the AWT event thread!

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev)

Description copied from class: SystemAction

Actually perform the action. Specified in ActionListener.actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent).

In some cases, the implementation may have an empty body, if the presenters handle the performing of the action in a different way than by calling this method.

Since 4.11, will be performed directly in the event thread.

Specified by:: actionPerformed in interface ActionListener
Specified by:: actionPerformed in class SystemAction

Parameters:: ev - the event triggering the action

asynchronous

protected boolean asynchronous()

If true, this action should be performed asynchronously in a private thread. If false, it will be performed synchronously as called in the event thread.

The default value is true for compatibility reasons; subclasses are strongly encouraged to override it to be false, and to either do their work promptly in the event thread and return, or to somehow do work asynchronously (for example using RequestProcessor.getDefault()).

You may currently set the global default to false by setting the system property org.openide.util.actions.CallableSystemAction.synchronousByDefault to true.

When true, the current implementation also provides for a wait cursor during the execution of the action. Subclasses which override to return false should consider directly providing a wait or busy cursor if the nature of the action merits it.

Returns:: true if this action should automatically be performed asynchronously
Since:: 4.11