gate.gui
Class MainFrame.CartoonMinder

java.lang.Object
  gate.gui.MainFrame.CartoonMinder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

Enclosing class:

MainFrame

 class MainFrame.CartoonMinder
extends Object
implements Runnable

During longer operations it is nice to keep the user entertained so (s)he doesn't fall asleep looking at a progress bar that seems have stopped. Also there are some operations that do not support progress reporting so the progress bar would not work at all so we need a way to let the user know that things are happening. We chose for purpose to show the user a small cartoon in the form of an animated gif. This class handles the displaying and updating of those cartoons.

Field Summary

(package private) boolean	active
(package private) boolean	dying
(package private) JLabel	imageLabel
(package private) String	lock
(package private) JPanel	targetPanel

Constructor Summary

MainFrame.CartoonMinder(JPanel targetPanel)

Method Summary

void	activate()
void	deactivate()
void	dispose()
boolean	isActive()
void	run()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dying

boolean dying

active

boolean active

lock

final String lock

See Also:

Constant Field Values

targetPanel

JPanel targetPanel

imageLabel

JLabel imageLabel

Constructor Detail

MainFrame.CartoonMinder

MainFrame.CartoonMinder(JPanel targetPanel)

Method Detail

isActive

public boolean isActive()

activate

public void activate()

deactivate

public void deactivate()

dispose

public void dispose()

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable