Package pt.tecnico.uilib

Class Display

java.lang.Object

pt.tecnico.uilib.Display

public class Display
extends Object

Display lines of text.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Display()	Build a Display without a title and use the static IO
Display(String title)
Display(Dialog ui, String title)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Display	add(Object toAdd)
Display	addAll(Collection<?> items)
Display	addLine(Object toAdd)	Add a line of text in a new-line.
Display	addNewLine(Object toAdd, boolean force)	Add a line of text in a new-line.
void	clear()	Clear display.
final void	display()	Display the text held by this display, even if the text to show is the empty string.
final void	displayText()	Display the text held by this display only if there is something to show (text is not the empty string).
void	popup(Object toPop)	Easy display method.
void	popup(Collection<?> toPop)	Easy display method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Display

public Display()

Build a Display without a title and use the static IO

Display

public Display(String title)

Parameters:

title - the title

Display

public Display(Dialog ui,
 String title)

Parameters:

ui - the dialog driver

title - the title

Method Details

add

public Display add(Object toAdd)

Parameters:

text - text to be added

Returns:

the display

addAll

public Display addAll(Collection<?> items)

addLine

public Display addLine(Object toAdd)

Add a line of text in a new-line. No new-line is added if there is no previous text.

Parameters:

text - text to be added

Returns:

the display

addNewLine

public Display addNewLine(Object toAdd,
 boolean force)

Add a line of text in a new-line. A new line is previously added if force is true or if there is already some text.

Parameters:

force - add a new-line even if no text is already present.

text - text to be added

Returns:

the display

display

public final void display()

Display the text held by this display, even if the text to show is the empty string. Clear the text after the text was shown to the user.

displayText

public final void displayText()

Display the text held by this display only if there is something to show (text is not the empty string). Otherwise, it does nothing. In the textual interaction this method and the display() method are similar. With a visual interaction, the behabior of both methods is distinct when the text to show is the empty string. Clear the text after the text was shown to the user.

popup

public void popup(Object toPop)

Easy display method.

Parameters:

toPop -

popup

public void popup(Collection<?> toPop)

Easy display method.

Parameters:

toPop -

clear

public void clear()

Clear display. Empties the text to show.