lk.vivoxalabs.scenemanager

Class SceneManager

java.lang.Object

lk.vivoxalabs.scenemanager.SceneManager

public class SceneManager
extends Object

This SceneManager is used to manage the views (which are changing) by loading new views on to the scene. Each new view consists of a .fxml file and a Controller class for that So, this SceneManager can be used to store those Controllers and their relevant views (Panes) and access them individually when needed. This reduces the issues when you have to communicate between different views and having to create new views (using FXMLLoader) each time needed. Load a view and controller once, and store it in SceneManager object. Then that SceneManager object can store all the stage's controllers and views and can be retrieved later when needed. Created by oshan on 18-Mar-18.

Version:

1.0

Author:

oshan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SceneManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends javafx.fxml.Initializable,K extends javafx.scene.Node> void	addScene(String id, K scene, T controller) Adds the specific view and its controller to the map.
void	automate() Deprecated. Use another "automate" method instead. This does not work unless used with a SceneManager object you have created. (Does not work with the defaultSceneManager object provided). NOTE : CustomStage.getDefaultSceneManager().automate(); will not work When called gets the directory to collect files as the directory of the caller class. Ex : If "Foo.class" calls this method, then fxml files available in the same directory as "Foo.class" will be loaded.
void	automate(String dir) This is used to make the FileLoader eligible to load the given type of files from the directory given in String format.
void	automate(URL url) This is used to make the FileLoader eligible to load the given type of files from the directory of the URL provides.
<T extends javafx.fxml.Initializable> T	getController(String id)
String[]	getIds()
<K extends javafx.scene.Node> K	getScene(String id)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SceneManager

public SceneManager()

Method Detail

addScene

public <T extends javafx.fxml.Initializable,K extends javafx.scene.Node> void addScene(String id,
                                                                                       K scene,
                                                                                       T controller)

Adds the specific view and its controller to the map.

Type Parameters:

T - Class of the Controller (extends Initializable)

K - Class of the view (extends Node)

Parameters:

id - name which you will access this scene later on

controller - controller of the specific view (this must implement Initializable)

scene - parent node retrieved from fxmlLoader.load()

getScene

public <K extends javafx.scene.Node> K getScene(String id)

Type Parameters:

K - Class of the view (extends Node)

Parameters:

id - id which is used to map the scene

Returns:

the view (Pane) node

getController

public <T extends javafx.fxml.Initializable> T getController(String id)

Type Parameters:

T - Class of the view (extends Node)

Parameters:

id - id which is used to map the scene

Returns:

the controller of the specific view

getIds

public String[] getIds()

Returns:

all the id which are used to map views stored

automate

public void automate()

Deprecated. Use another "automate" method instead. This does not work unless used with a SceneManager object you have created. (Does not work with the defaultSceneManager object provided).
NOTE : CustomStage.getDefaultSceneManager().automate(); will not work

When called gets the directory to collect files as the directory of the caller class. Ex : If "Foo.class" calls this method, then fxml files available in the same directory as "Foo.class" will be loaded.

automate

public void automate(String dir)

This is used to make the FileLoader eligible to load the given type of files from the directory given in String format.

Parameters:

dir - directory path for fxml files to be loaded from

automate

public void automate(URL url)

This is used to make the FileLoader eligible to load the given type of files from the directory of the URL provides. Ex : sceneManager.automate(getClass().getResource("/path/to/file/myfile.fxml"))) Will make the FileLoader eligible to load file with ".fxml" extension from the "/path/to/file" directory.

Parameters:

url - URL of a class to determine the package which needs to be lookup for fxml files to load