org.openide.util.actions

Class ActionInvoker

java.lang.Object

org.openide.util.actions.ActionInvoker

public abstract class ActionInvoker
extends Object

A mixture of a utility class allowing to invoke actions and also a code injection mechanism to allow overall system to be aware of invoked actions.

Callers shall use the ActionInvoker.invokeAction(javax.swing.Action, java.awt.event.ActionEvent, boolean, java.lang.Runnable) method.

Implementors register an implementation of this class via ServiceProvider annotation.

Since:

8.1

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	ActionInvoker() Subclass constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract void	invokeAction(Action action, ActionEvent ev) An infrastructure method that handles invocation of an an action.
static void	invokeAction(Action action, ActionEvent ev, boolean asynchronous, Runnable invoker) Invokes the action in the currently registered ActionsBridge.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ActionInvoker

protected ActionInvoker()

Subclass constructor.

Method Detail

invokeAction

protected abstract void invokeAction(Action action,
                                     ActionEvent ev)

An infrastructure method that handles invocation of an an action.

Parameters:

action - the action to invoke

ev - the event used during invocation

invokeAction

public static void invokeAction(Action action,
                                ActionEvent ev,
                                boolean asynchronous,
                                Runnable invoker)

Invokes the action in the currently registered ActionsBridge.

Parameters:

action - the action that is to be invoked

ev - the event used to invoke the action

asynchronous - shall the execution be performed in a background thread?

invoker - the actual code that shall be performed to "run" the action. If null, action.actionPerformed(ev) will be called