edu.hws.jcm.awt
Class ExpressionInput

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.awt.Component
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        +--java.awt.TextComponent
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              +--java.awt.TextField
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                    +--edu.hws.jcm.awt.ExpressionInput

All Implemented Interfaces:

javax.accessibility.Accessible, java.awt.image.ImageObserver, InputObject, java.awt.MenuContainer, java.io.Serializable, Value

public class ExpressionInput

extends java.awt.TextField

implements InputObject, Value

An ExpressionInput is an input box that allows the user input a mathematical expression. There is an associated object that belongs to the class Expression. The value of this object can change only when checkInput() is called. The checkInput() method is usually called by a Controller.

An ExpressionInput will ordinarily be registered with a Controller in TWO ways: It's added to a Controller with the Controller's add() method. This makes the Contrller call the ExpressionInput's checkInput() method during the Controller's compute() method. Secondly, the Controller is set as the "onUserAction" property. This causes the Controller's compute() method to be called when the user presses return in the ExpressionInput box. This is optional-- you might, for example, only want the Controller to compute() when a Compute button is pressed. You can also set the ExpressionInput's onTextChange property to a Controller if you want it to compute every time the text in the box changes.

Use the function getFunction() if you want to use an ExpressionInput as a way of inputting a function.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Inner Class Summary

protected class

ExpressionInput.EI The expression associated with an ExpressionInput belongs to this class.

Inner classes inherited from class java.awt.TextField

java.awt.TextField.AccessibleAWTTextField

Inner classes inherited from class java.awt.TextComponent

java.awt.TextComponent.AccessibleAWTTextComponent

Inner classes inherited from class java.awt.Component

java.awt.Component.AccessibleAWTComponent

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	errorMessage Error message from the most recent time the input was checked by a call to checkInput().
protected ExpressionInput.EI	expr The Expression associate with this input box.
protected boolean	hasChanged True if the contents of the box have not changed since the last time the input was checked (by a call to checkInput()).
protected Parser	parser A parser for parsing the user's input expression.
protected boolean	throwErrors True if an error should be thrown when checkInput() is called, but the content of the box is not a legal expression.

Fields inherited from class java.awt.TextComponent

textListener

Fields inherited from class java.awt.Component

BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENT

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.image.ImageObserver

ABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

ExpressionInput()
Create a new ExpressionFunction with no associated parser.

ExpressionInput(java.lang.String initialValue, Parser p)
Create an ExpressionInputBox with initial contents given by initialValue.

Method Summary

void	checkInput() Get the expression from the box, maybe throw a JBCError if a ParseError occurs.
java.lang.String	getErrorMessage() Get error message from previous call to checkInput().
Expression	getExpression() Get the Expression associated with this ExpressionInput.
Function	getFunction(Variable v) Get a function of one variable whose value at a real number x is computed by assigning x to the variable v and then returning the value of the expression associated with this ExpressionInput.
Function	getFunction(Variable[] v) Get a function of one or more variables whose value at arguments x1, x2, ...
Controller	getOnTextChange() Return the Controller, if any, that is notified whenever the text in this input box changes
Controller	getOnUserAction() Return the Controller, if any, that is notified when the user presses return in this text-input box.
boolean	getThrowErrors() Return the value of the throwErrors property, which determines whether errors can be thrown when checkInput() is called.
double	getVal() Return the current value of the expression associated with this ExpressionInput.
void	notifyControllerOnChange(Controller c) Method required by InputObject interface; in this class, it simply calls setOnUserAction(c).
void	processActionEvent(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) Overridden to call onUserAction.compute() if onUserAction is non-null.
void	processKeyEvent(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) Override processKeyEvent to only allow characters that are legal in expressions.
void	processTextEvent(java.awt.event.TextEvent evt) Overridden to call onUserAction.compute() if onUserAction is non-null.
void	setOnTextChange(Controller c) If the parameter, c, is non-null, then its compute method will be called whenever the text in this input box changes.
void	setOnUserAction(Controller c) If the parameter c is non-null, then its compute method will be called whenever the user presses the return key while typing in this text-input box.
void	setParser(Parser p) Set the parser that is used to parse the user's input strings.
void	setText(java.lang.String str) Set the text displayed in this input box.
void	setThrowErrors(boolean throwErrors) Set the throwErrors property.

Methods inherited from class java.awt.TextField

addActionListener, addNotify, echoCharIsSet, getAccessibleContext, getColumns, getEchoChar, getListeners, getMinimumSize, getMinimumSize, getPreferredSize, getPreferredSize, minimumSize, minimumSize, paramString, preferredSize, preferredSize, processEvent, removeActionListener, setColumns, setEchoChar, setEchoCharacter

Methods inherited from class java.awt.TextComponent

addTextListener, getBackground, getCaretPosition, getSelectedText, getSelectionEnd, getSelectionStart, getText, isEditable, removeNotify, removeTextListener, select, selectAll, setBackground, setCaretPosition, setEditable, setSelectionEnd, setSelectionStart

Methods inherited from class java.awt.Component

action, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, contains, createImage, createImage, deliverEvent, disable, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, doLayout, enable, enable, enableEvents, enableInputMethods, firePropertyChange, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getBounds, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getGraphics, getGraphicsConfiguration, getHeight, getInputContext, getInputMethodRequests, getLocale, getLocation, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMaximumSize, getName, getParent, getPeer, getSize, getSize, getToolkit, getTreeLock, getWidth, getX, getY, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, hide, imageUpdate, inside, invalidate, isDisplayable, isDoubleBuffered, isEnabled, isFocusTraversable, isLightweight, isOpaque, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, layout, list, list, list, list, list, locate, location, lostFocus, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paint, paintAll, postEvent, prepareImage, prepareImage, print, printAll, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, reshape, resize, resize, setBounds, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setCursor, setDropTarget, setEnabled, setFont, setForeground, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setName, setSize, setSize, setVisible, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus, update, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

expr

protected ExpressionInput.EI expr

The Expression associate with this input box. Class EI is a private nested class.

parser

protected Parser parser

A parser for parsing the user's input expression. If this is null, a default parser will be used and only constant expressions will be allowed.

hasChanged

protected boolean hasChanged

True if the contents of the box have not changed since the last time the input was checked (by a call to checkInput()).

throwErrors

protected boolean throwErrors

True if an error should be thrown when checkInput() is called, but the content of the box is not a legal expression. Otherwise, the expression will become a constant expression with value Double.NaN.

errorMessage

protected java.lang.String errorMessage

Error message from the most recent time the input was checked by a call to checkInput(). If this is null, then no error occurred.

Constructor Detail

ExpressionInput

public ExpressionInput()

Create a new ExpressionFunction with no associated parser. This can only be used to input constant expressions, unless you set a parser later with setParser().

ExpressionInput

public ExpressionInput(java.lang.String initialValue,
                       Parser p)

Create an ExpressionInputBox with initial contents given by initialValue. (If initialValue is null, the empty string is used.) If p is not null, then p will be used to parse the contents of the box.

Parameters:

initialValue - initial contents of ExpressionInputBox.

p - if non-null, this parser will be used to parse contents of the ExpressionInputBox.

Method Detail

setParser

public void setParser(Parser p)

Set the parser that is used to parse the user's input strings. If this is null, then a default parser is used that will only allow constant expressions.

Parameters:

p - parser to register with user's input strings.

getExpression

public Expression getExpression()

Get the Expression associated with this ExpressionInput.

getFunction

public Function getFunction(Variable v)

Get a function of one variable whose value at a real number x is computed by assigning x to the variable v and then returning the value of the expression associated with this ExpressionInput. Of couse, v should be one of the variables registered with the Parser for this ExpressionInput, or else in can never occur in the expression. Note that the value of the variable v changes TEMPORARILY when the function is evaluated. (So you should not use a variable where setting the value has a side effect, such as the variable associated with a SliderVariable.)

Parameters:

v - The function that is returned in a function of this variable.

getFunction

public Function getFunction(Variable[] v)

Get a function of one or more variables whose value at arguments x1, x2, ... is computed by assigning the x's to the variables and then returning the value of the expression associated with this ExpressionInput. Of couse, each v[i] should be one of the variables registered with the Parser for this ExpressionInput. Note that the value of the variables change TEMPORARILY when the function is evaluated.

Parameters:

v - The function that is returned is a function of the variables in this array.

getVal

public double getVal()

Return the current value of the expression associated with this ExpressionInput.

Specified by:

getVal in interface Value

setOnUserAction

public void setOnUserAction(Controller c)

If the parameter c is non-null, then its compute method will be called whenever the user presses the return key while typing in this text-input box.

getOnUserAction

public Controller getOnUserAction()

Return the Controller, if any, that is notified when the user presses return in this text-input box.

notifyControllerOnChange

public void notifyControllerOnChange(Controller c)

Method required by InputObject interface; in this class, it simply calls setOnUserAction(c). This is meant to be called by JCMPanel.gatherInputs().

Specified by:

notifyControllerOnChange in interface InputObject

setOnTextChange

public void setOnTextChange(Controller c)

If the parameter, c, is non-null, then its compute method will be called whenever the text in this input box changes. Furthermore, the throwErrors property will be set to false, to avoid throwing multiple errors while the user is typing. (You can change it back to true if you want by calling setThrowErrors(true).) It would only rarely make sense to use this feature.

getOnTextChange

public Controller getOnTextChange()

Return the Controller, if any, that is notified whenever the text in this input box changes

setThrowErrors

public void setThrowErrors(boolean throwErrors)

Set the throwErrors property. When this is true, a JCMError can be thrown when checkInput() is called an a parse error is found in the contents of the input box. If throwErrors is false, no error is thrown. Instead, the expression is set to a constant expression with value Double.NaN.

getThrowErrors

public boolean getThrowErrors()

Return the value of the throwErrors property, which determines whether errors can be thrown when checkInput() is called.

getErrorMessage

public java.lang.String getErrorMessage()

Get error message from previous call to checkInput(). Returns null if and only if there was no error.

checkInput

public void checkInput()

Get the expression from the box, maybe throw a JBCError if a ParseError occurs. This is meant to be called by a Controller, in general. The expression associated with this ExpressionInput can only change when this method is called; it DOES NOT change continuously as the user types.

Specified by:

checkInput in interface InputObject

setText

public void setText(java.lang.String str)

Set the text displayed in this input box. This overrides TextField.setText to make sure that the expression will be recomputed the next time checkInput() is called.

Overrides:

setText in class java.awt.TextField

processKeyEvent

public void processKeyEvent(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt)

Override processKeyEvent to only allow characters that are legal in expressions. This is not meant to be called directly.

Overrides:

processKeyEvent in class java.awt.Component

processActionEvent

public void processActionEvent(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)

Overridden to call onUserAction.compute() if onUserAction is non-null. This is not meant to be called directly

Overrides:

processActionEvent in class java.awt.TextField

processTextEvent

public void processTextEvent(java.awt.event.TextEvent evt)

Overridden to call onUserAction.compute() if onUserAction is non-null. This is not meant to be called directly.

Overrides:

processTextEvent in class java.awt.TextComponent