Kepler

Here's how to write Action classes for Kepler (This allows your code to be reusable and easily incorporated into the new menu framework when the time comes):

1) Write a public Action class that extends ptolemy.vergil.toolbox.FigureAction, and add your actual action code to the method:

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)

(this is an abstract method, so it must be implemented in your class)

- See example code below for MyNewAction

2) Edit the file:

configs/ptolemy/configs/kepler/uiMenuMappings_en_US.properties

and add a mapping (note that the order in the file is the same order as on the menu).

Specifically, look in the documentation at the beginning of that file, under "# 2) INSTANTIATING NEW KEPLER ACTIONS"

A sample entry looks like:

Tools->~My\ New\ Menu\ Item=org.kepler.gui.MyNewAction, where MyNewAction is your class that extends FigureAction, as described above

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// Example code for MyNewAction

public class MyNewAction extends FigureAction {

// Display Text pulled from resourcebundle:
private static String DISPLAY_NAME = StaticResources.getDisplayString("actions.mynewaction.displayName", "");
private static String TOOLTIP = StaticResources.getDisplayString("actions.mynewaction.tooltip", "");

/**
 * Constructor
 *
 * @param parent the "frame" (derived from ptolemy.gui.Top)
 * where the menu is being added.
   */
  public MyNewAction (TableauFrame parent) {
    super("");
    this.parent = parent;
    this.putValue(Action.NAME, DISPLAY_NAME);
    this.putValue("tooltip", TOOLTIP);
  }

/**
 * Invoked when an action occurs.
 *
   *@param  e  ActionEvent
   */
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

//YOUR CODE GOES HERE - like:
    //dialog = new MyDialog(parent);
    //dialog .setVisible(true);
    //...etc
  }

If we solve this bug and move more code out of
exp/ptolemy/vergil/basic/BasicGraphController.java, then it will be easier
to update that file with Ptolemy changes.

I'll take this bug as part of bug # 2321.

I'm closing this, I created
util/src/org/kepler/gui/SemanticSearchDialogAction.java
util/src/org/kepler/gui/WorkflowTypeCheckerDialogAction.java
and removed the duplicate copy of ptolemy/vergil/basic/BasicGraphController.java

Original Bugzilla ID was 2363