public class StateEdit extends AbstractUndoableEdit
StateEdit is a general edit for objects that change state. Objects being edited must conform to the StateEditable interface.
This edit class works by asking an object to store it's state in Hashtables before and after editing occurs. Upon undo or redo the object is told to restore it's state from these Hashtables.
A state edit is used as follows:
// Create the edit during the "before" state of the object
StateEdit newEdit = new StateEdit(myObject);
// Modify the object
myObject.someStateModifyingMethod();
// "end" the edit when you are done modifying the object
newEdit.end();
Note that when a StateEdit ends, it removes redundant state from the Hashtables - A state Hashtable is not guaranteed to contain all keys/values placed into it when the state is stored!
StateEditable| Modifier and Type | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
protected StateEditable |
object |
The object being edited
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protected Hashtable<Object,Object> |
postState |
The state information after the edit
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protected Hashtable<Object,Object> |
preState |
The state information prior to the edit
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protected static String |
RCSID |
|
protected String |
undoRedoName |
The undo/redo presentation name
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RedoName, UndoName| Constructor | Description |
|---|---|
StateEdit(StateEditable anObject) |
Create and return a new StateEdit.
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StateEdit(StateEditable anObject,
String name) |
Create and return a new StateEdit with a presentation name.
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| Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
void |
end() |
Gets the post-edit state of the StateEditable object and
ends the edit.
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String |
getPresentationName() |
Gets the presentation name for this edit
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protected void |
init(StateEditable anObject,
String name) |
|
void |
redo() |
Tells the edited object to apply the state after the edit
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protected void |
removeRedundantState() |
Remove redundant key/values in state hashtables.
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void |
undo() |
Tells the edited object to apply the state prior to the edit
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addEdit, canRedo, canUndo, die, getRedoPresentationName, getUndoPresentationName, isSignificant, replaceEdit, toStringprotected static final String RCSID
protected StateEditable object
protected String undoRedoName
public StateEdit(StateEditable anObject)
anObject - The object to watch for changing stateStateEditpublic StateEdit(StateEditable anObject, String name)
anObject - The object to watch for changing statename - The presentation name to be used for this editStateEditprotected void init(StateEditable anObject, String name)
public void end()
public void undo()
undo in interface UndoableEditundo in class AbstractUndoableEditAbstractUndoableEdit.canUndo()public void redo()
redo in interface UndoableEditredo in class AbstractUndoableEditAbstractUndoableEdit.canRedo()public String getPresentationName()
getPresentationName in interface UndoableEditgetPresentationName in class AbstractUndoableEditAbstractUndoableEdit.getUndoPresentationName(),
AbstractUndoableEdit.getRedoPresentationName()protected void removeRedundantState()
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