com.buglabs.dragonfly.util
Class BaseAction

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
      extended by org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractAction
          extended by org.eclipse.jface.action.Action
              extended by com.buglabs.dragonfly.util.BaseAction
All Implemented Interfaces:
org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction, org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelectionChangedListener

public abstract class BaseAction
extends org.eclipse.jface.action.Action
implements org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelectionChangedListener

This abstract action handles updating the action with the model object currently being selected by the user. This allows the action to adjust itself based on the selection. Actions that are to be shared among plugins need to have this class as the parent. Any objects assocated with this action must implement IModelNode.

Author:
kgilmer

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction
AS_CHECK_BOX, AS_DROP_DOWN_MENU, AS_PUSH_BUTTON, AS_RADIO_BUTTON, AS_UNSPECIFIED, CHECKED, DESCRIPTION, ENABLED, HANDLED, IMAGE, RESULT, TEXT, TOOL_TIP_TEXT
 
Constructor Summary
BaseAction()
           
 
Method Summary
 IModelNode getSelection()
           
abstract  boolean isValidNode(java.lang.Object selectedNode)
          Override this method to determine if the selected node is legal for this action or not.
 void selectionChanged(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.SelectionChangedEvent event)
           
 void setSelection(IModelNode selection)
           
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.Action
convertAccelerator, convertAccelerator, findKeyCode, findKeyString, findModifier, findModifierString, getAccelerator, getActionDefinitionId, getDescription, getDisabledImageDescriptor, getHelpListener, getHoverImageDescriptor, getId, getImageDescriptor, getMenuCreator, getStyle, getText, getToolTipText, isChecked, isEnabled, isHandled, notifyResult, removeAcceleratorText, removeMnemonics, run, runWithEvent, setAccelerator, setActionDefinitionId, setChecked, setDescription, setDisabledImageDescriptor, setEnabled, setHelpListener, setHoverImageDescriptor, setId, setImageDescriptor, setMenuCreator, setText, setToolTipText
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.AbstractAction
addPropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction
addPropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener
 

Constructor Detail

BaseAction

public BaseAction()
Method Detail

selectionChanged

public void selectionChanged(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.SelectionChangedEvent event)
Specified by:
selectionChanged in interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelectionChangedListener

isValidNode

public abstract boolean isValidNode(java.lang.Object selectedNode)
Override this method to determine if the selected node is legal for this action or not.

Parameters:
node -
Returns:
false if the action should be disabled.

getSelection

public IModelNode getSelection()

setSelection

public void setSelection(IModelNode selection)