ptolemy.domains.curriculum
Class HighlightEntities

java.lang.Object
  ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
      ptolemy.kernel.util.Attribute
          ptolemy.domains.curriculum.HighlightEntities

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Changeable, Debuggable, DebugListener, Derivable, ModelErrorHandler, MoMLExportable, Moveable, Nameable

public class HighlightEntities
extends Attribute

An attribute that highlights entities with a specified color when you double click on its icon, or when you invoke Configure. To edit its parameters, hold the Alt key while double clicking.

Since:

Ptolemy II 6.2

Version:

$Id: HighlightEntities.java 57040 2010-01-27 20:52:32Z cxh $

Author:

Edward A. Lee

See Also:

Serialized Form

Accepted Rating:

Red (cxh)

Proposed Rating:

Red (cxh)

Nested Class Summary

class

HighlightEntities.HighlightIcons Attribute that defines the action performed on "configure" command.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

NamedObj.ContainedObjectsIterator

Field Summary

ColorAttribute	_highlightColor Highlight color.
Parameter	entityNames List of names of the entities to highlight.
StringParameter	label Label to put in the icon for this object.

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _elementName, _isPersistent, _verbose, _workspace, ATTRIBUTES, CLASSNAME, COMPLETE, CONTENTS, DEEP, FULLNAME, LINKS

Constructor Summary

HighlightEntities(NamedObj container, java.lang.String name)
Construct a factory with the specified container and name.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.Attribute

_checkContainer, _getContainedObject, _propagateExistence, clone, getContainer, moveDown, moveToFirst, moveToIndex, moveToLast, moveUp, setContainer, setName, updateContent

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_addAttribute, _adjustOverride, _attachText, _cloneFixAttributeFields, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _description, _exportMoMLContents, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _propagateValue, _recordDecoratedAttributes, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, _validateSettables, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, attributeChanged, attributeList, attributeList, attributeTypeChanged, clone, containedObjectsIterator, deepContains, depthInHierarchy, description, description, event, executeChangeRequests, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoMLPlain, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributes, getChangeListeners, getClassName, getDecoratorAttribute, getDecoratorAttributes, getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, getDisplayName, getElementName, getFullName, getModelErrorHandler, getName, getName, getPrototypeList, getSource, handleModelError, isDeferringChangeRequests, isOverridden, isPersistent, lazyContainedObjectsIterator, message, propagateExistence, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, requestChange, setClassName, setDeferringChangeRequests, setDerivedLevel, setDisplayName, setModelErrorHandler, setPersistent, setSource, sortContainedObjects, toplevel, toString, uniqueName, validateSettables, workspace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

entityNames

public Parameter entityNames

List of names of the entities to highlight. This is an array of strings that defaults to null, which is interepreted to mean to clear all highlights.

_highlightColor

public ColorAttribute _highlightColor

Highlight color. This defaults to yellow.

label

public StringParameter label

Label to put in the icon for this object. This is a string that defaults to "HighlightEntities".

Constructor Detail

HighlightEntities

public HighlightEntities(NamedObj container,
                         java.lang.String name)
                  throws IllegalActionException,
                         NameDuplicationException

Construct a factory with the specified container and name.

Parameters:

container - The container.

name - The name of the factory.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the factory is not of an acceptable attribute for the container.

NameDuplicationException - If the name coincides with an attribute already in the container.