swarm.simtoolsgui
Class GUISwarmImpl

java.lang.Object
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  +--swarm.simtoolsgui.GUISwarmImpl

public class GUISwarmImpl
extends Object
implements SwarmS, Swarm, GUISwarmS, GUISwarm

A version of the Swarm class which is graphics aware. . GUISwarm is a subclass of Swarm that is used as a toplevel Swarm for simulations running with a graphical user interface. The GUISwarm creates a ControlPanel automatically for you and defines a -go method that interprets the state of the ControlPanel to keep things running in response to user input. Users subclass GUISwarm much like they subclass a normal Swarm, implementing the same kind of buildObjects, buildActions, and activateIn methods. When you are done building your Observer Swarm, start it as a toplevel via [myGUISwarm go]. The control panel places a few responsibilities on the GUISwarm subclass author. In particular, a message to [controlPanel doTkEvents] should be scheduled fairly frequently - only when that method is executed will the user interface update (and the stop button be checked). Also, it is often useful to use [controlPanel setStateStopped] to wait for the user to indicate they're ready for execution to proceed.


Constructor Summary
GUISwarmImpl()
           
GUISwarmImpl(Zone aZone)
          Default constructor for Impl class
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.Swarm
activateIn, buildActions, buildObjects, getCompleteProbeMap, getProbeForVariable, getProbeMap
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.simtoolsgui.GUISwarm
drop, getActionCache, getControlPanel, go
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.activity.SwarmProcess
getActivity, getInternalZone
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.activity.ActionType
activateIn
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Zone
allocIVars, allocIVarsComponent, copyIVars, copyIVarsComponent, describeForEach, describeForEachID, freeIVars, freeIVarsComponent, getComponentZone, getPageSize, getPopulation, getReclaimPolicy, getStackedSubzones
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.activity.SynchronizationType
getSynchronizationType
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Drop
drop
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject
compare, describe, describeID, getDisplayName, getTypeName, getZone, perform, perform$with, perform$with$with, perform$with$with$with, respondsTo, setDisplayName, xfprint, xfprintid, xprint, xprintid
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

GUISwarmImpl

public GUISwarmImpl()

GUISwarmImpl

public GUISwarmImpl(Zone aZone)
Default constructor for Impl class