de.jdemo.framework
Class DemoCase

java.lang.Object
  de.jdemo.framework.AbstractDemoCase
      de.jdemo.framework.DemoCase

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDemo, IDemoCase, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ErrorDemoCase

public abstract class DemoCase
extends AbstractDemoCase

Abstract superclass for all text/file based demos or extensions.

See Also:

DemoSuite

Constructor Summary

DemoCase()
No-arg constructor to enable serialization.

DemoCase(java.lang.String name)
Constructs a demo case with the given name.

Method Summary

IDemoCaseRunnable	createRunnable(boolean allowExternalLaunches) Creates a runnable for running this demo case.
protected java.io.File	createTempFile(java.lang.String suffix) Creates a temporary file using the specified suffig (e.g.
void	setFileLauncher(IFileLauncher fileLauncher) Sets the launcher to show files with.
void	setTextLauncher(ITextLauncher textLauncher) Sets the launcher to show texts with.
protected void	show(java.lang.CharSequence text) Shows the given text by using the demos text launcher.
protected void	show(java.io.File file) Tries to open the given file by passing it to the operating system.

Methods inherited from class de.jdemo.framework.AbstractDemoCase

accept, after, assertNotNull, assertNull, assertTrue, before, cancel, clone, createThreadGroup, executeSetUp, executeTearDown, exit, fail, getClone, getIdentifier, getName, getRunnable, runDemo, setName, setRunnable, setUp, tearDown, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DemoCase

public DemoCase()

No-arg constructor to enable serialization. This method is not intended to be used by mere mortals without calling setName().

DemoCase

public DemoCase(java.lang.String name)

Constructs a demo case with the given name.

Method Detail

createRunnable

public IDemoCaseRunnable createRunnable(boolean allowExternalLaunches)

Description copied from interface: IDemoCase

Creates a runnable for running this demo case.

Parameters:

allowExternalLaunches - indicates whether this demo is allowed e.g. to launch a file in an external software. This flag will be false if this demo is executed as test for example.

createTempFile

protected final java.io.File createTempFile(java.lang.String suffix)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Creates a temporary file using the specified suffig (e.g. ".txt") that will be deleted when the virtual machine terminates.

Parameters:

suffix - the filename suffix for the temporary file to be created.

Returns:

an empty temporary file having the specified suffix.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

See Also:

show(File)

show

protected final void show(java.io.File file)

Tries to open the given file by passing it to the operating system. Note that this might not work properly on all systems.

See Also:

createTempFile(String)

show

protected final void show(java.lang.CharSequence text)

Shows the given text by using the demos text launcher. The default launcher prints out the text to System.out, but each DemoRunner application is free to set its own text launcher.

See Also:

setTextLauncher(ITextLauncher)

setFileLauncher

public void setFileLauncher(IFileLauncher fileLauncher)

Sets the launcher to show files with. This method is intended to be only called by the demorunner, never by the demo itself.

setTextLauncher

public void setTextLauncher(ITextLauncher textLauncher)

Sets the launcher to show texts with. This method is intended to be only called by the demorunner, never by the demo itself.