edu.kzoo.grid.display
Class DisplayMap

java.lang.Object
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public class DisplayMap

extends java.lang.Object

Grid Display Package:
DisplayMap is a collection that maps grid object classes to objects that know how to display them.

The DisplayMap class is based on the College Board's DisplayMap class, as allowed by the GNU General Public License.

Version:

1 March 2005

Author:

Alyce Brady, Jeff Raab, Northeastern University, Alyce Brady (modified 1 March 2005 to look for default display classes or image files corresponding to a particular class name)

Constructor Summary

DisplayMap()

Method Summary

static void	associate(java.lang.String gridObjClassname, GridObjectDisplay displayObj) Associates a display object with a grid object class.
static GridObjectDisplay	findDisplayFor(GridObject obj) Finds a display class that knows how to display the given object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DisplayMap

public DisplayMap()

Method Detail

associate

public static void associate(java.lang.String gridObjClassname,
                             GridObjectDisplay displayObj)

Associates a display object with a grid object class. If no class can be found for that name, an error message is printed.

Parameters:

gridObjClassname - the name of a class whose objects might be in an Grid

displayObj - object that knows how to display objects of class gridObjClassname

findDisplayFor

public static GridObjectDisplay findDisplayFor(GridObject obj)

Finds a display class that knows how to display the given object.

Parameters:

obj - the object to display