com.multiversesocial.hyperview.Dispatch

Summary

Dispatch is a very powerful class because it allows you to change the display on the fly in a thread safe manner between display frames

Source file: Dispatch.java

Hierarchy

Extends: none

Implements: HyperConstants

Referenced HyperView classes

Media files used

none referenced

Declaration & members

public class Dispatch implements HyperConstants

Declared in src/com/multiversesocial/hyperview/Dispatch.java, lines 50–552. 48 field(s), 6 constructor(s), 5 method(s). Every member has an anchor you can link to (e.g. Dispatch.html#<id>).

Fields (48)

Declaration	Value / initializer	Description	Source
`Image backImage`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 98
`String backImageName`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 97
`int bGPen`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 100
`Gadget clickedGad`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 63
`HyperView curView`		No comment in source; assigned in `Dispatch()`, `begin()`, `setView()`.	line 59
`int cz`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 103
`int fGPen`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 99
`int flags`		No comment in source; assigned in `Dispatch()`, `begin()`.	line 56
`int flags2`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 57
`volatile Gadget focus`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 52
`Gadget[] gads`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 61
`boolean GetStringFlag`		No comment in source; not referenced by name in this type’s methods.	line 95
`GetString[] getStringList`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 85
`volatile Gob[] gob`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 64
`Gadget grabbedGad`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 62
`int ID`		No comment in source; assigned in `setID()`.	line 54
`HyperMenu menuBase`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 71
`String name`		No comment in source; assigned in `Dispatch()`.	line 55
`static final String noname`	`= "@"` (constant)	No comment in source; used in `Dispatch()`.	line 53
`int num`		No comment in source; not referenced by name in this type’s methods.	line 104
`boolean retVal`		No comment in source; name appears in 1 other source file(s): StateMachine.	line 106
`int savedFlags`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 58
`int sz`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 102
`byte tbyte`		No comment in source; not referenced by name in this type’s methods.	line 105
`int[] textBGPen`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 80
`Color[][] textFadedColor`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 81
`int[] textFadeFrame`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 82
`int[] textFGPen`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 79
`int[] textFlag`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 83
`byte[] textFont`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 76
`int[] textLinger`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 77
`Object[] textOrigin`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 72
`int[] textRestart`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 84
`String[] textStr`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 73
`int[] textTimer`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 78
`int[] textX`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 74
`int[] textY`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 75
`Gadget tGad`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`, `cleanUp()`.	line 60
`Titlebar title`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 65
`Graphics titleBltGraphics`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 68
`Image titleBltImage`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 66
`Graphics titleGraphics`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 69
`Image titleImage`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 67
`int totalGads`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 87
`int totalGetStrings`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 86
`int totalGobs`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 88
`int totalViewStrings`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 89
`int tz`		No comment in source; assigned in `begin()`.	line 101

Constructors (6)

Signature	Description	Source
`Dispatch()`	3 statement(s); calls `super()`, `HyperView.getCurView()`.	line 108
`Dispatch(HyperView tView)`	2 statement(s); calls `this()`.	line 113
`Dispatch(String tName, HyperView tView)`	2 statement(s); calls `super()`.	line 119
`Dispatch(String tName, HyperView tView, int tx, int ty, int tWidth, int tHeight, int tFlags)`	1 statement(s); calls `this()`.	line 124
`Dispatch(HyperView tView, int tmpFlags)`	1 statement(s); calls `this()`.	line 130
`Dispatch(String tName, HyperView tView, int tmpFlags)`	4 statement(s); calls `super()`.	line 135

Methods (5)

Signature	Description	Source
`public boolean begin(HyperView tView)`	37 statement(s); calls `curView.keyboard.flush()`, `run()`, `e2.printStackTrace()`, `curView.setBackImage()`, `e1.printStackTrace()` …; creates `PrintStream`.	line 142
`public void cleanUp()`	23 statement(s).	line 524
`public boolean run()`	Returns `true`.	line 509
`public void setID(int tnum)`	Sets `this.ID = tnum`.	line 514
`public void setView(HyperView tView)`	Sets `curView = tView`.	line 519

Examples

Real usage taken from elsewhere in the HyperView 3.2 source (file and line shown; source path src/com/multiversesocial/hyperview/).

instantiation — Gadget.java, line 182

  182  addDispatch(new Dispatch(curView));

subclass — Abort.java, line 6

    6  public class Abort extends Dispatch
    7  {

declaration — Connection.java, line 35

   35  public  boolean setTimer(int num,Dispatch d)
   36  {

Applet hosting

Base class of the launcher that shows a ported applet’s pane (see AsteroidsDispatch). See the Applet Migration Guide.