ca.uwaterloo.epad.prompting

Class PromptManager

java.lang.Object

ca.uwaterloo.epad.prompting.PromptManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.EventListener

public class PromptManager
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.awt.event.ActionListener

This class manages the prompts, determines when they should be displayed and controls their flow.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Dmitry Pyryeskin

See Also:

PromptPopup

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent event) Listen to the events sent by drawers and the application and manage the prompts accordingly.
static void	addPrompt(PromptPopup pp) Add a prompt to the list of active prompts.
static void	draw() The draw loop calls the draw() method of every active prompt and also removes the prompts that exceeded their time to live and became invisible.
static void	init(processing.core.PApplet parent) Initialise the Prompt Manager.
static void	pause() Pause all timers and all active prompts.
static void	pre() This functions runs before a draw() function is called and manages the creation and the flow of prompts.
static void	reset() Reset the state of the Prompt Manager and the timers.
static void	resume() Resume all timers and all active prompts.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

init

public static void init(processing.core.PApplet parent)

Initialise the Prompt Manager. This function should be called after the GUI is loaded, but before any prompt is diplayed.

Parameters:

parent - parent applet

reset

public static void reset()

Reset the state of the Prompt Manager and the timers. This function must be called after function init(PApplet).

pause

public static void pause()

Pause all timers and all active prompts.

See Also:

PromptPopup.pause(), Timer.pause()

resume

public static void resume()

Resume all timers and all active prompts.

See Also:

PromptPopup.resume(), Timer.resume()

addPrompt

public static void addPrompt(PromptPopup pp)

Add a prompt to the list of active prompts.

Parameters:

pp - a new prompt.

draw

public static void draw()

The draw loop calls the draw() method of every active prompt and also removes the prompts that exceeded their time to live and became invisible.

See Also:

PromptPopup.draw()

pre

public static void pre()

This functions runs before a draw() function is called and manages the creation and the flow of prompts.

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent event)

Listen to the events sent by drawers and the application and manage the prompts accordingly.

Specified by:

actionPerformed in interface java.awt.event.ActionListener