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Ian Darwin's assorted Java stuff, assembled as an API.
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package com.darwinsys.swingui;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.prefs.Preferences;

import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

import com.darwinsys.util.PrefsUtils;
import com.darwinsys.util.RecentItems;

/**
 * Maintain a "Recent Items" menu component. The caller must override a "template method"
 * named loadFile, and all open operations must be channeled through the RecentMenu's
 * openFile method, which calls loadFile and then updates the Recent Items.
 * 
 * Recent items are persisted across runs of the program, using java.util.prefs.Prefences under a
 * UserNode with the class passed into the constructor, which may be a Class descriptor (from within a static main
 * method using MyClassName.class) or simply passing main program (its getClass method will be called).
 * 

 * Will most commonly be used to maintain a list of recent files.
 * Typical usage might be as follows:
 * 
 * 		// Assume this code is in MyMainClass constructor
 * 		JMenuItem open = new JMenuItem("Open");
 * 		fileMenu.add(open);
 * 		final RecentMenu recent;
 *		recent = new RecentMenu(this) {
 *			public void loadFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
 *				myModel.openFile(fileName);
 *			}
 *		};
 *		open.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 *			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
 *				try {
 *					// maybe get "someFileName" from a JFileChooser...
 *					recent.openFile(someFileName);
 *				} catch (IOException e) {
 *					myErrorPopup("Could not open file" + fileName, e);
 *				}
 *			}
 *
 *		});
 *		fileMenu.add(recent);
 *		JMenuItem clearItem = new JMenuItem("Clear Recent Files");
 *		clearItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 *			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 *				recentFilesMenu.clear();
 *			}
 *		});
 * 
 * @author Ian Darwin
 */
public abstract class RecentMenu extends JMenu implements RecentItems.Callback {

	public final static int DEFAULT_MAX_RECENT_FILES = 5;

	/** The List of recent files */
	private RecentItems recentFileNames;

	final Preferences prefs;

	/** Construct a RecentMenu with a given class and the number of items to hold
	 * @param mainClassInstance
	 * @param max
	 */
	public RecentMenu(Object mainClassInstance, int max) {
		super("Recent Items");

		prefs = PrefsUtils.getUserPrefsNode(mainClassInstance);

		recentFileNames = new RecentItems(prefs, this, max);
		reload(recentFileNames.getList());
	}

	/** Construct a RecentMenu with a given class.
	 * @param mainClassInstance
	 */
	public RecentMenu(Object mainClassInstance) {
		this(mainClassInstance, DEFAULT_MAX_RECENT_FILES);
	}

	/**
	 * Call back to the main program to load the file, and and update
	 * the recent files list.
	 */
	public void openFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
		loadFile(fileName);
		recentFileNames.putRecent(fileName);
	}

	/**
	 * This is a template method that the caller must provide to
	 * actually open a file.
	 * @param fileName
	 */
	public abstract void loadFile(String fileName) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * ActionListener that is used by all the Menuitems in the Recent Menu;
	 * just opens the file named by the MenuItem's text.
	 */
	private ActionListener recentOpener = new ActionListener() {
		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
			JMenuItem mi = (JMenuItem) e.getSource();
			try {
				openFile(mi.getText());
			} catch (IOException e1) {
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(RecentMenu.this, "Could not open file " + e1);
			}
		}
	};


	/**
	 * Lodd or re-load the recentFileMenu
	 */
	public void reload(List list) {
		setEnabled(false);
		// Clear out all menu items
		for (int i = getMenuComponentCount() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
			remove(0);
		}

		// Copy from Prefs into Menu
		JMenuItem mi;
		for (String f : list) {
			if (f == null) {	// Stop on first missing
				break;
			}
			// Drop from list if file has been deleted.
			if (new File(f).exists()) {
				// Since at least one item valid, enable menu
				setEnabled(true);
				// And add to Menu
				this.add(mi = new JMenuItem(f));
				mi.addActionListener(recentOpener);
			} else {
				recentFileNames.remove(f);
			}
		}
	}

	public void clear() {
		recentFileNames.clear();
	}
}