FileDocCategorySizeDatePackage
CompTest.javaAPI DocExample2006Tue Dec 25 16:00:08 GMT 2001None

CompTest

public class CompTest extends Object
CompTest -- Component Tester. A generic main program, for testing a Component-based GUI class that has a no-argument constructor. This seemed easier than adding a trivial main program to every GUI component that I ever wrote...
author
Ian F. Darwin, ian@darwinsys.com
version
$Id: CompTest.java,v 1.8 2001/12/25 21:00:08 ian Exp $

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] av)
"main program" method - construct and show

		if (av.length == 0) {
			System.err.println("Usage: CompTest ComponentSubclass");
			System.exit(1);
		}
		String name = av[0];

		// create an instance of class named in "name", save in "Component c".
		Component c = null;
		try {
			Class cf = Class.forName(name);
			Object o = cf.newInstance();
			if (!(o instanceof Component)) {
				System.err.println("ERROR: Class " + name +
					" is not a subclass of Component");
				System.exit(1);
			}
			c = (Component)o;
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.err.println("Component under test got exception in construction or initialization");
			System.err.println(e.toString());
			System.exit(1);
		}

		// create a Frame, and "Component c" to it.
		final JFrame f = new JFrame("CompTest: " + av[0]);
		Container cp = f.getContentPane();

		cp.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, c);		// Add the component under test

		JButton quitButton;
		cp.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, quitButton = new JButton("Exit")); 
		quitButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
				f.setVisible(false);
				f.dispose();
				System.exit(0);
			}
		});
		f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

		// Set things reasonably sized.
		Dimension d = c.getPreferredSize();
		if (d.width == 0 || d.height == 0) {
			// component doesn't have getPreferredSize() yet, hard code a size.
			f.setSize(300, 200);
		} else {
			f.pack();
		}
		f.setLocation(200, 200);
		f.setVisible(true);