org.openide.windows

Interface InputOutput

public interface InputOutput

An I/O connection to one tab on the Output Window. To acquire an instance to write to, call, e.g., IOProvider.getDefault().getInputOutput("someName", false). To get actual streams to write to, call getOut() or getErr() on the returned instance.

Generally it is preferable not to hold a reference to an instance of InputOutput, but rather to fetch it by name from IOProvider as needed.

Note: For historical reasons, the mechanism to clear an output tab is via the method OutputWriter.reset(), though it would have made more sense implemented here.

See Also:

OutputWriter

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static InputOutput	NULL Null InputOutput
static Reader	nullReader Deprecated. Use InputOutput.NULL instead.
static OutputWriter	nullWriter Deprecated. Use InputOutput.NULL instead.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	closeInputOutput() Closes this tab.
Reader	flushReader() Deprecated. meaningless, does nothing
OutputWriter	getErr() Get an output writer to write to the tab in error mode.
Reader	getIn() Get a reader to read from the tab.
OutputWriter	getOut() Acquire an output writer to write to the tab.
boolean	isClosed() Test whether this tab has been closed, either by a call to closeInputOutput() or by the user closing the tab in the UI.
boolean	isErrSeparated() Test whether the error output is mixed into the regular output or not.
boolean	isFocusTaken() Test whether the output window takes focus when anything is written to it.
void	select() Ensure this pane is visible.
void	setErrSeparated(boolean value) Set whether the error output should be mixed into the regular output or not.
void	setErrVisible(boolean value) Show or hide the error pane, if separated.
void	setFocusTaken(boolean value) Set whether the output window should take focus when anything is written to it.
void	setInputVisible(boolean value) Show or hide the input line.
void	setOutputVisible(boolean value) Show or hide the standard output pane, if separated.

Field Detail

NULL

static final InputOutput NULL

Null InputOutput

nullReader

@Deprecated
static final Reader nullReader

Deprecated. Use InputOutput.NULL instead.

nullWriter

@Deprecated
static final OutputWriter nullWriter

Deprecated. Use InputOutput.NULL instead.

Method Detail

getOut

OutputWriter getOut()

Acquire an output writer to write to the tab. This is the usual use of a tab--it writes to the main output pane.

Returns:

the writer

getIn

Reader getIn()

Get a reader to read from the tab. If a reader is ever requested, an input line is added to the tab and used to read one line at a time.

Returns:

the reader

getErr

OutputWriter getErr()

Get an output writer to write to the tab in error mode. This might show up in a different color than the regular output, e.g., or appear in a separate pane.

Returns:

the writer

closeInputOutput

void closeInputOutput()

Closes this tab. The effect of calling any method on an instance of InputOutput after calling closeInputOutput() on it is undefined.

isClosed

boolean isClosed()

Test whether this tab has been closed, either by a call to closeInputOutput() or by the user closing the tab in the UI.

Returns:

true if it is closed

See Also:

InputOutput.closeInputOutput()

setOutputVisible

void setOutputVisible(boolean value)

Show or hide the standard output pane, if separated. Does nothing in either of the available implementations of this API.

Parameters:

value - true to show, false to hide

setErrVisible

void setErrVisible(boolean value)

Show or hide the error pane, if separated. Does nothing in either of the available implementations of this API.

Parameters:

value - true to show, false to hide

setInputVisible

void setInputVisible(boolean value)

Show or hide the input line.

Parameters:

value - true to show, false to hide

select

void select()

Ensure this pane is visible.

isErrSeparated

boolean isErrSeparated()

Test whether the error output is mixed into the regular output or not. Always true for both available implementations of this API.

Returns:

true if separate, false if mixed in

setErrSeparated

void setErrSeparated(boolean value)

Set whether the error output should be mixed into the regular output or not. Note that this method is optional and is not supported by either of the current implementations of InputOutput (core/output and core/output2).

Parameters:

value - true to separate, false to mix in

isFocusTaken

boolean isFocusTaken()

Test whether the output window takes focus when anything is written to it.

Returns:

true if any write to the tab should cause it to gain keyboard focus (not recommended)

setFocusTaken

void setFocusTaken(boolean value)

Set whether the output window should take focus when anything is written to it. Note that this really means the output window will steal keyboard focus whenever a line of output is written. This is generally an extremely bad idea and strongly recommended against by most UI guidelines.

Parameters:

value - true to take focus

flushReader

@Deprecated
Reader flushReader()

Deprecated. meaningless, does nothing

Flush pending data in the input-line's reader. Called when the reader is about to be reused.

Returns:

the flushed reader