com.izforge.izpack.installer
Class PanelAutomationHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.izforge.izpack.installer.PanelAutomationHelper

All Implemented Interfaces:

AbstractUIHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompilePanelAutomationHelper, ConsolePanelAutomationHelper, InstallPanelAutomationHelper, ProcessPanelAutomationHelper

public abstract class PanelAutomationHelper
extends java.lang.Object
implements AbstractUIHandler

Abstract class implementing basic functions needed by all panel automation helpers.

Author:

tisc

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.izforge.izpack.util.AbstractUIHandler

ANSWER_CANCEL, ANSWER_NO, ANSWER_YES, CHOICES_YES_NO, CHOICES_YES_NO_CANCEL

Constructor Summary

PanelAutomationHelper()

Method Summary

int	askQuestion(java.lang.String title, java.lang.String question, int choices) Ask the user a question.
int	askQuestion(java.lang.String title, java.lang.String question, int choices, int default_choice) Ask the user a question.
void	emitError(java.lang.String title, java.lang.String message) Notify the user of some error.
void	emitErrorAndBlockNext(java.lang.String title, java.lang.String message) Notify the user of some error and block the next button.
void	emitNotification(java.lang.String message) Notify the user about something.
boolean	emitWarning(java.lang.String title, java.lang.String message) Warn the user about something.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PanelAutomationHelper

public PanelAutomationHelper()

Method Detail

emitNotification

public void emitNotification(java.lang.String message)

Description copied from interface: AbstractUIHandler

Notify the user about something.

The difference between notification and warning is that a notification should not need user interaction and can savely be ignored.

Specified by:

emitNotification in interface AbstractUIHandler

Parameters:

message - The notification.

emitWarning

public boolean emitWarning(java.lang.String title,
                           java.lang.String message)

Description copied from interface: AbstractUIHandler

Warn the user about something.

Specified by:

emitWarning in interface AbstractUIHandler

Parameters:

title - The message title (used for dialog name, might not be displayed)

message - The warning message.

Returns:

true if the user decided to continue

emitError

public void emitError(java.lang.String title,
                      java.lang.String message)

Description copied from interface: AbstractUIHandler

Notify the user of some error.

Specified by:

emitError in interface AbstractUIHandler

Parameters:

title - The message title (used for dialog name, might not be displayed)

message - The error message.

emitErrorAndBlockNext

public void emitErrorAndBlockNext(java.lang.String title,
                                  java.lang.String message)

Description copied from interface: AbstractUIHandler

Notify the user of some error and block the next button.

Specified by:

emitErrorAndBlockNext in interface AbstractUIHandler

Parameters:

title - The message title (used for dialog name, might not be displayed)

message - The error message.

askQuestion

public int askQuestion(java.lang.String title,
                       java.lang.String question,
                       int choices)

Description copied from interface: AbstractUIHandler

Ask the user a question.

Specified by:

askQuestion in interface AbstractUIHandler

Parameters:

title - The title of the question (useful for dialogs). Might be null.

question - The question.

choices - The set of choices to present. Either CHOICES_YES_NO or CHOICES_YES_NO_CANCEL

Returns:

The user's choice. (ANSWER_CANCEL, ANSWER_YES or ANSWER_NO)

askQuestion

public int askQuestion(java.lang.String title,
                       java.lang.String question,
                       int choices,
                       int default_choice)

Description copied from interface: AbstractUIHandler

Ask the user a question.

Specified by:

askQuestion in interface AbstractUIHandler

Parameters:

title - The title of the question (useful for dialogs). Might be null.

question - The question.

choices - The set of choices to present. Either CHOICES_YES_NO or CHOICES_YES_NO_CANCEL

default_choice - The default choice. One of ANSWER_CANCEL, ANSWER_YES or ANSWER_NO.

Returns:

The user's choice. (ANSWER_CANCEL, ANSWER_YES or ANSWER_NO)