cern.gp.actions.support

Class CallableSystemAction

java.lang.Object

org.openide.util.actions.CallableSystemAction

cern.gp.actions.support.CallableSystemAction

public abstract class CallableSystemAction
extends org.openide.util.actions.CallableSystemAction

Generic action that should be used as a parent class for all non contextual actions.

Subclasses should overwrite the following methods in order to provide custom name and icon (if not overwritten a generic name and icon will be used) :

• getName
• iconResource

Subclasses must overwrite the following abstract methods :

• performAction()

The action can be attached to any menu or button.

Author:

Lionel Mestre

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CallableSystemAction()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HelpCtx	getHelpCtx() Help context where to find more about the action.
java.lang.String	getName() Human presentable name of the action.
protected java.lang.String	iconResource() Returns the pathname of the icon to use to display this action
abstract void	performAction() Performs the action for the given nodes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CallableSystemAction

public CallableSystemAction()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Human presentable name of the action. This should be presented as an item in a menu.

Returns:

the name of the action

getHelpCtx

public HelpCtx getHelpCtx()

Help context where to find more about the action.

Returns:

the help context for this action

iconResource

protected java.lang.String iconResource()

Returns the pathname of the icon to use to display this action

Returns:

the pathname of the icon

performAction

public abstract void performAction()

Performs the action for the given nodes.

Parameters:

activatedNodes - the non null (possibly empty) array of nodes selected at the moment the action has been triggered