com.ridgesoft.ui
Class MenuItemList

java.lang.Object
  com.ridgesoft.ui.MenuItemList

All Implemented Interfaces:

MenuItem

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicMenuItemList

public abstract class MenuItemList
extends Object
implements MenuItem

Abstract class for a named list of menu items.

Constructor Summary

MenuItemList(String title)
Constructs a MenuItemList.

Method Summary

abstract void	freeMenuItems() Allows menu items to be freed if they aren't being used by the display system.
abstract MenuItem[]	getMenuItems() Gets the list of menu items in this list.
void	select(PushButton selectButton, PushButton exitButton, MenuController menuController) Called when the user selects this menu item if it is not a MenuItemList.
String	toString() Returns the title of the menu item.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MenuItemList

public MenuItemList(String title)

Constructs a MenuItemList.

Parameters:

title - name of the list

Method Detail

freeMenuItems

public abstract void freeMenuItems()

Allows menu items to be freed if they aren't being used by the display system. Subclasses are not required to free menu items, but it saves memory if they do.

getMenuItems

public abstract MenuItem[] getMenuItems()

Gets the list of menu items in this list.

Returns:

array of MenuItems

select

public void select(PushButton selectButton,
                   PushButton exitButton,
                   MenuController menuController)

Called when the user selects this menu item if it is not a MenuItemList.

This method should never be called on this class.

This implementation does nothing.

Specified by:

select in interface MenuItem

Parameters:

selectButton - button for selecting items

exitButton - button for exiting the menu

menuController - menu system controller

toString

public String toString()

Returns the title of the menu item.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

title of menu item