elge.monitor
Class AbstractMonitor

java.lang.Object
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  +--elge.monitor.AbstractMonitor

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener, Monitor, PropertyChangeListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

CoherenceMonitor, PropertyMonitor, WorldMonitor

public abstract class AbstractMonitor

extends Object

implements Monitor, PropertyChangeListener

This class is a basic class for derivating new monitors.

It defines some common thing, that you don;t need to make again and again.

Author:

Pavol Žibrita

Field Summary

protected boolean	per the persistence of monitor is defaut set to true.
static String	PROP_PROJECT The project property identifier.
protected Project	pt The project the monitor is in.

Constructor Summary

AbstractMonitor()
The class is abstract, but the constructor adds this object as listener to itself :).

Method Summary

void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) Add listner
boolean	getPersistence() True, if the monitor is writing the data to the disk...
Project	getProject() Gets the project
void	propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) This method gets called when a bound property is changed.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) remove listener
void	restart() Restarts the monitor.
void	setPersistence(boolean per) See getPersistence()
void	setProject(Project pt) Sets the Project the monitor is in.
protected void	updateMonitor() Empty method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface elge.engine.Monitor

getDescription, getFullName, getIdentifiers, getMonitorName, getValues

Field Detail

PROP_PROJECT

public static final String PROP_PROJECT

The project property identifier.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

per

protected boolean per

the persistence of monitor is defaut set to true.

pt

protected Project pt

The project the monitor is in.

Constructor Detail

AbstractMonitor

public AbstractMonitor()

The class is abstract, but the constructor adds this object as listener to itself :).

Method Detail

addPropertyChangeListener

public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

Add listner

Parameters:

l - the listener

removePropertyChangeListener

public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

remove listener

Parameters:

l - the lsitener

getProject

public Project getProject()

Gets the project

Specified by:

getProject in interface Monitor

Returns:

The Project the monitor is in.

setProject

public void setProject(Project pt)

Sets the Project the monitor is in.

Specified by:

setProject in interface Monitor

Parameters:

pt - The actual Project

getPersistence

public boolean getPersistence()

True, if the monitor is writing the data to the disk...

Specified by:

getPersistence in interface Monitor

Returns:

true if you want to save data from this monitor

setPersistence

public void setPersistence(boolean per)

See getPersistence()

Specified by:

setPersistence in interface Monitor

Parameters:

per - the value

See Also:

Monitor.getPersistence()

restart

public void restart()

Restarts the monitor. MOnitor whould clear what every is needed for a new simulation.

Specified by:

restart in interface Monitor

See Also:

Project.restart()

updateMonitor

protected void updateMonitor()

Empty method.

See Also:

propertyChange(java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent)

propertyChange

public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)

This method gets called when a bound property is changed.

The montor hooks up on self and on the project and world. If the World Representation property changes, or Project Word property or MOnitor Project property, this method calls updateMonitor() method.

Specified by:

propertyChange in interface PropertyChangeListener

Parameters:

evt - A PropertyChangeEvent object describing the event source and the property that has changed.