Package weka.gui

Class ComponentHelper

java.lang.Object
weka.gui.ComponentHelper
public class ComponentHelper extends Object
A helper class for some common tasks with Dialogs, Icons, etc.
Version:
$Revision: 15571 $
Author:
FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

  • Field Details

    • IMAGES

      public static final String[] IMAGES
      the default directories for images

  • Constructor Details

    • ComponentHelper

      public ComponentHelper()

  • Method Details

    • getImageIcon

      public static ImageIcon getImageIcon(String dir, String filename)
      returns the ImageIcon for a given filename and directory, NULL if not successful
      Parameters:
      dir - the directory to look in for the file
      filename - the file to retrieve
      Returns:
      the imageicon if found, otherwise null

    • getImageIcon

      public static ImageIcon getImageIcon(String filename)
      returns the ImageIcon for a given filename, NULL if not successful
      Parameters:
      filename - the file to retrieve
      Returns:
      the imageicon if found, otherwise null

    • getImage

      public static Image getImage(String dir, String filename)
      returns the Image for a given directory and filename, NULL if not successful
      Parameters:
      dir - the directory to look in for the file
      filename - the file to retrieve
      Returns:
      the image if found, otherwise null

    • getImage

      public static Image getImage(String filename)
      returns the Image for a given filename, NULL if not successful
      Parameters:
      filename - the file to retrieve
      Returns:
      the image if found, otherwise null

    • showMessageBox

      public static int showMessageBox(Component parent, String title, String msg, int buttons, int messageType)
      displays a message box with the given title, message, buttons and icon ant the dimension. This method uses JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(). it returns the pressed button.
      Parameters:
      parent - the parent component
      title - the title of the message box
      msg - the text to display
      buttons - the captions of the buttons to display
      messageType - the type of message like defined in JOptionPane (the icon is determined on this basis)
      Returns:
      the button that was pressed
      See Also:

    • showInformationBox

      public static void showInformationBox(Component parent, String title, String msg, int messageType)
      displays a message box with the given title, message, buttons and icon ant the dimension. This method uses JOptionPane.showMessageDialog().
      Parameters:
      parent - the parent component
      title - the title of the message box
      msg - the text to display
      messageType - the type of message like defined in JOptionPane (the icon is determined on this basis)
      See Also:

    • showInputBox

      public static String showInputBox(Component parent, String title, String msg, Object initialValue)
      pops up an input dialog
      Parameters:
      parent - the parent of this dialog, can be null
      title - the title to display, can be null
      msg - the message to display
      initialValue - the initial value to display as input
      Returns:
      the entered value, or if cancelled null