Field Detail

• STATE_EXTENSION

  protected static final String STATE_EXTENSION

  Extension for VisBio state files.

  See Also:

  Constant Field Values

• stateBox

  protected JFileChooser stateBox

  File chooser for state saves.

• editUndo

  protected JMenuItem editUndo

  The Undo menu item from the Edit menu.

• editRedo

  protected JMenuItem editRedo

  The Redo menu item from the Edit menu.

Constructor Detail

• StateManager

  public StateManager(VisBioFrame bio)

  Constructs a VisBio state management object.

• StateManager

  public StateManager(VisBioFrame bio,
                      String stateFile)

  Constructs a VisBio state management object.

Method Detail

• setRestoring

  public void setRestoring(boolean restoring)

  Sets whether state is currently being restored.

• isRestoring

  public boolean isRestoring()

  Gets whether state is currently being restored.

• saveState

  public void saveState(File file)

  Saves the current state to the given state file.

• restoreState

  public void restoreState(File file)

  Restores the current state from the given state file.

• checkCrash

  public void checkCrash()

  Saves an initial VisBio state, then checks to see if VisBio crashed last time, and if so, asks the user whether to restore the previous state.

• checkSave

  public boolean checkSave()

  Checks whether the program state has been saved, and if not, prompts the user to save.

• destroy

  public void destroy()

  Deletes VisBio state temp file.

• fileRestore

  public void fileRestore()

  Restores the current state from a text file specified by the user.

• fileSave

  public void fileSave()

  Saves the current state to a text file specified by the user.

• editUndo

  public void editUndo()

  Undoes the last action taken.

• editRedo

  public void editRedo()

  Redoes the last action undone.

• editReset

  public void editReset()

  Resets the program to its initial state.

• saveState

  public void saveState(Element el)
                 throws SaveException

  Writes the current state to the given DOM element ("VisBio").

  Specified by:

  saveState in interface Saveable

  Overrides:

  saveState in class LogicManager

  Throws:

  SaveException

• restoreState

  public void restoreState(Element el)
                    throws SaveException

  Restores the current state from the given DOM element ("VisBio").

  Specified by:

  restoreState in interface Saveable

  Overrides:

  restoreState in class LogicManager

  Throws:

  SaveException

• doEvent

  public void doEvent(VisBioEvent evt)

  Called to notify the logic manager of a VisBio event.

  Overrides:

  doEvent in class LogicManager

• getTasks

  public int getTasks()

  Gets the number of tasks required to initialize this logic manager.

  Overrides:

  getTasks in class LogicManager

• mergeStates

  public static void mergeStates(Vector oldList,
                                 Vector newList)

  Merges states between two lists of dynamic objects. The procedure is as follows:

  1. Compare read object list with existing object list
  2. Find all matches between the two lists
  3. Reuse as many leftover existing objects as possible, initializing them to match compatible read objects
  4. If there are still leftover existing objects, discard them
  5. If there are still leftover read objects, initialize them

  See the Dynamic documentation for more information.