WILDInterface

Class WILDSidePanel

java.lang.Object

WILDInterface.WILDSidePanel

All Implemented Interfaces:

PamObserver, PamSidePanel

public class WILDSidePanel
extends java.lang.Object
implements PamSidePanel, PamObserver

Author:

Michael Oswald

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	WILDSidePanel.SidePanel Inner class containing the panel components

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WILDSidePanel(WILDControl wildControl) Main constructor

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Double	checkAngleFullCircle(javax.swing.JTextField angleTxt, double minVal, double maxVal) Make sure the angle (bearing, is between 0 and 359.99 degrees
int	checkDistanceFormat(javax.swing.JTextField distanceTxt) Make sure the distance is in an integer format (no decimal places - round off if needed)
void	closeSerialCom()
java.lang.String	getObserverName()
PamObserver	getObserverObject()
javax.swing.JComponent	getPanel()
long	getRequiredDataHistory(PamObservable o, java.lang.Object arg)
void	masterClockUpdate(long milliSeconds, long sampleNumber)
void	noteNewSettings()
void	prepareProcess() Called by WILDControl after user has accessed the WILDParameters dialog.
void	removeObservable(PamObservable o) If the GPS Data object gets deleted, reset the sidePanel so that we don't keep listening for something that isn't there
void	rename(java.lang.String newName)
void	setSampleRate(float sampleRate, boolean notify) New sample rate
boolean	setUpSerialCom()
boolean	subscribeToGPS() subscribe to the GPS data block, if one has been selected
void	update(PamObservable o, PamDataUnit arg) Update labels with new GPS data

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WILDSidePanel

public WILDSidePanel(WILDControl wildControl)

Main constructor

Method Detail

prepareProcess

public void prepareProcess()

Called by WILDControl after user has accessed the WILDParameters dialog. Initializes important parameters.

subscribeToGPS

public boolean subscribeToGPS()

subscribe to the GPS data block, if one has been selected

setUpSerialCom

public boolean setUpSerialCom()

closeSerialCom

public void closeSerialCom()

getObserverName

public java.lang.String getObserverName()

Specified by:

getObserverName in interface PamObserver

getObserverObject

public PamObserver getObserverObject()

Specified by:

getObserverObject in interface PamObserver

Returns:

the actual observer. In most cases concrete classes will just return 'this' in response. The exception is the Threaded observer, which will return the single thread observer.

masterClockUpdate

public void masterClockUpdate(long milliSeconds,
                     long sampleNumber)

Specified by:

masterClockUpdate in interface PamObserver

noteNewSettings

public void noteNewSettings()

Specified by:

noteNewSettings in interface PamObserver

removeObservable

public void removeObservable(PamObservable o)

If the GPS Data object gets deleted, reset the sidePanel so that we don't keep listening for something that isn't there

Specified by:

removeObservable in interface PamObserver

Parameters:

o -

setSampleRate

public void setSampleRate(float sampleRate,
                 boolean notify)

Description copied from interface: PamObserver

New sample rate

Specified by:

setSampleRate in interface PamObserver

notify - Notify other PamObservers and PamObservables in the chain.

update

public void update(PamObservable o,
          PamDataUnit arg)

Update labels with new GPS data

Specified by:

update in interface PamObserver

Parameters:

o - Reference to the Observable (a PamDataBlock)

arg - Reference to the new PamDataUnit

getPanel

public javax.swing.JComponent getPanel()

Specified by:

getPanel in interface PamSidePanel

Returns:

Reference to a graphics component that can be added to the view. This will typically be a JPanel or a JInternalFrame; The component will be displayed to the side of the main tab control.

rename

public void rename(java.lang.String newName)

Specified by:

rename in interface PamSidePanel

getRequiredDataHistory

public long getRequiredDataHistory(PamObservable o,
                          java.lang.Object arg)

Specified by:

getRequiredDataHistory in interface PamObserver

Parameters:

o - PamObservable class requiring the data

arg - optional argument from PamObservable

Returns:

time in milliseconds requried by data held in PamObservable

checkAngleFullCircle

public java.lang.Double checkAngleFullCircle(javax.swing.JTextField angleTxt,
                                    double minVal,
                                    double maxVal)

Make sure the angle (bearing, is between 0 and 359.99 degrees

checkDistanceFormat

public int checkDistanceFormat(javax.swing.JTextField distanceTxt)

Make sure the distance is in an integer format (no decimal places - round off if needed)