com.novell.nds.dirxml.util
Class MenuItem

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.nds.dirxml.util.MenuItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CheckedMenuItem

public class MenuItem
extends Object
implements Runnable

Abstract class for use with the Menu class.

See Also:

Menu

Field Summary

protected String	displayString
protected boolean	exit

Constructor Summary

protected	MenuItem() Constructor for derived classes.
	MenuItem(String displayString) Constructor for using this class for a generic menu entry.
	MenuItem(String displayString, boolean exitAfterSelect) Constructor for using this class for a generic menu entry.

Method Summary

boolean	exitAfterRun() Return true if the Menu should be exited after the MenuItem has been selected and run.
String	getDisplayString() Return the string to display as the menu choice.
void	run() Called when MenuItem is selected by the user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

displayString

protected String displayString

exit

protected boolean exit

Constructor Detail

MenuItem

protected MenuItem()

Constructor for derived classes.

Derived classes must override exitAfterRun() if they want it to return true;

MenuItem

public MenuItem(String displayString)

Constructor for using this class for a generic menu entry. Instances constructed using this constructor will always return true from exitAfterRun().

Parameters:

displayString - menu item text

MenuItem

public MenuItem(String displayString,
                boolean exitAfterSelect)

Constructor for using this class for a generic menu entry.

Parameters:

displayString - menu item text

exitAfterSelect - value that exitAfterRun() will return.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Called when MenuItem is selected by the user.

Default implementation does nothing.

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

getDisplayString

public String getDisplayString()

Return the string to display as the menu choice.

Returns:

menu choice text

exitAfterRun

public boolean exitAfterRun()

Return true if the Menu should be exited after the MenuItem has been selected and run.

Returns:

true if Menu should exit after run() is called.