Package net.simplace.core

Class FWApplication

java.lang.Object

net.simplace.core.FWApplication

public abstract class FWApplication
extends Object

Abstract base-class for applications.

Author:

Andreas Enders

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FWApplication()	Creates the instance without any options

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	fixWebStartClassLoaderIssue()	This method is a fix for a Webstart bug - see: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?
static ClassLoader	getInstanceClassLoader()	This method has to be implemented as a workaround for the known problem with webstart, that the class loader is set to null, if the console is deactivated.
static FWMainFrame	getMainFrame()	Returns the main application window.
void	performDefaultMainActions(String aSoftwareType, String aConfigurationLayoutProvider, boolean aStartApplication)
abstract void	performMain()	method that has to be implemented by real application.
static void	requestShutdown()	Exits application if user confirms shutdown.
static void	shutdown()	Exits application.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

FWApplication

public FWApplication()

Creates the instance without any options

Method Details

performMain

public abstract void performMain()

method that has to be implemented by real application. This is called while starting application for initializing applicationspecific things. While implementing make shure to call 'performDefaultMainAcions'

getInstanceClassLoader

public static ClassLoader getInstanceClassLoader()

This method has to be implemented as a workaround for the known problem with webstart, that the class loader is set to null, if the console is deactivated.

Returns:

this class' class loader

performDefaultMainActions

public void performDefaultMainActions(String aSoftwareType,
 String aConfigurationLayoutProvider,
 boolean aStartApplication)

Parameters:

aSoftwareType -

aConfigurationLayoutProvider -

aStartApplication - has to be called in performMain Method of implementation

fixWebStartClassLoaderIssue

protected void fixWebStartClassLoaderIssue()

This method is a fix for a Webstart bug - see: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=38&threadID=301640

requestShutdown

public static void requestShutdown()

Exits application if user confirms shutdown.

shutdown

public static void shutdown()

Exits application.

getMainFrame

public static FWMainFrame getMainFrame()

Returns the main application window.

Returns:

main Frame