/* The contents of this file are subject to the THDL Open Community License Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License on the THDL web site (http://www.thdl.org/). Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific terms governing rights and limitations under the License. The Initial Developer of this software is the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (THDL). Portions created by the THDL are Copyright 2001 THDL. All Rights Reserved. Contributor(s): ______________________________________. */ package org.thdl.util; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.util.Stack; /** A StatusBar can be added to a component, typically to the bottom of it, in order to show the user the status of the program. There are methods to change the status, and there are actually a LIFO stack of status messages if you wish to use them. */ public class StatusBar extends JPanel { /** The current status is the String on top of the stack. */ private Stack statuses; private JLabel label; /** Creates a status bar. */ public StatusBar() { super(); setLayout(new BoxLayout(this, BoxLayout.X_AXIS)); statuses = new Stack(); label = new JLabel("Visit 'http://www.thdl.org/'."); label.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT); add(label); } /** Creates a status bar with the initial message msg. */ public StatusBar(String msg) { this(); pushStatus(msg); } /** Sets the status to msg, replacing the current status message. */ public void replaceStatus(String msg) throws NullPointerException { if (msg == null) throw new NullPointerException(); if (!statuses.empty()) statuses.pop(); statuses.push(msg); updateLabel(); } /** Sets the status to msg, leaving the previous status on the stack. */ public void pushStatus(String msg) throws NullPointerException { if (msg == null) throw new NullPointerException(); statuses.push(msg); updateLabel(); } /** Removes the current status message. If the stack is then empty, the message will be the empty string. Otherwise, the message will be the message then topmost on the stack. @throws NullPointerException if msg is null */ public void popStatus() { if (!statuses.empty()) { statuses.pop(); updateLabel(); } } /** Returns the String currently displayed in the status bar. */ public String currentStatus() { return getMsgOnTopOfStack(); } /** Returns the status message on top of the stack, or "" if the stack is empty. */ private String getMsgOnTopOfStack() { if (statuses.empty()) return ""; else return (String)statuses.peek(); } /** Sets the displayed text to what's on top of the stack, or "" if the stack is empty. */ private void updateLabel() { label.setText(" " + // FIXME: nasty hack to make everything show up getMsgOnTopOfStack()); } }