diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/LofarUtils.java b/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/LofarUtils.java
index 9001146ac1b8946ba206475b06c7ed95065594e5..5425260fcb98721d03eef8120cd573f41d2aa734 100644
--- a/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/LofarUtils.java
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/LofarUtils.java
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
package nl.astron.lofar.lofarutils;
+import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
+import javax.swing.JComboBox;
+import javax.swing.JList;
+
/**
* This panel contains a TreePanel and some textfields that display information
* about the selected treenode. Also a log screen to be able to view logging on the
@@ -115,4 +119,184 @@ public abstract class LofarUtils {
return "f";
}
}
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a String representation of the contents of a JList component<br><br>
+ * Example of output with createQuotes : ["123","456","789"]<br>
+ * Example of output with !createQuotes: [123,456,789]<br>
+ * Returns '[]' when no items were detected in the JList.
+ *
+ * @param aListComponent the JList component of which the data has to be converted
+ * @param createQuotes add/do not add quotes to each individual value in the string output
+ * @return String representation of aListComponent
+ */
+ static public String createList(JList aListComponent,boolean createQuotes) {
+ String aList="[";
+ if (aListComponent.getModel().getSize() > 0) {
+ if(createQuotes){
+ aList += "\"";
+ }
+ aList += (String)aListComponent.getModel().getElementAt(0);
+ if(createQuotes){
+ aList += "\"";
+ }
+ for (int i=1; i < aListComponent.getModel().getSize();i++) {
+ aList+= ",";
+ if(createQuotes){
+ aList += "\"";
+ }
+ aList += aListComponent.getModel().getElementAt(i);
+ if(createQuotes){
+ aList += "\"";
+ }
+ }
+
+ }
+ aList+="]";
+ return aList;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Fills a JList component with a String representation of the to-be contents<br><br>
+ * Example of input argument theList with removeQuotes : ["123","456","789"]<br>
+ * Example of input argument theList with !removeQuotes: [123,456,789]
+ *
+ * @param aListComponent the JList component where the data has to be inserted in.
+ * @param theList the String representation of a JList component
+ * @param removeQuotes removes/does not remove quotes from each individual value in the theList input
+ */
+ static public void fillList(JList aListComponent,String theList,boolean removeQuotes) {
+ DefaultListModel itsModel = new DefaultListModel();
+ aListComponent.setModel(itsModel);
+ String aList = theList;
+ if (aList.startsWith("[")) {
+ aList = aList.substring(1,aList.length());
+ }
+ if (aList.endsWith("]")) {
+ aList = aList.substring(0,aList.length()-1);
+ }
+ if(!aList.equals("")){
+ String[] aS=aList.split(",");
+ for (int i=0; i< aS.length;i++) {
+ if(removeQuotes){
+ itsModel.addElement(aS[i].substring(1,aS[i].length()-1));
+ }else{
+ itsModel.addElement(aS[i]);
+ }
+ }
+ aListComponent.setModel(itsModel);
+ }
+ }
+ /**
+ * Creates a String representation of the <b><i>selected</i></b> items in a JList component<br><br>
+ * Example of output with createQuotes : ["123","456","789"]<br>
+ * Example of output with !createQuotes: [123,456,789]<br>
+ * Returns '[]' when no selected items were detected in the JList.
+ *
+ * @param aListComponent the JList component of which the selected items have to be in a String
+ * @param createQuotes add/do not add quotes to each individual value in the string output
+ * @return String representation of the selected items in a aListComponent
+ */
+ static public String createStringFromSelectionList(JList aListComponent,boolean createQuotes) {
+ String aList="[";
+ if (aListComponent.getModel().getSize() > 0) {
+ int[] selectedIndices = aListComponent.getSelectedIndices();
+ for (int i=0; i < selectedIndices.length;i++) {
+ if(i>0) aList+= ",";
+ if(createQuotes){
+ aList += "\"";
+ }
+ aList += aListComponent.getModel().getElementAt(selectedIndices[i]);
+ if(createQuotes){
+ aList += "\"";
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ aList+="]";
+ return aList;
+ }
+ /**
+ * Selects items in a JList component using a String representation of the to-be selected contents<br><br>
+ * Example of input argument theList with removeQuotes : ["123","456","789"]<br>
+ * Example of input argument theList with !removeQuotes: [123,456,789]
+ *
+ * @param aListComponent the JList component where the data has to be inserted in.
+ * @param theList the String representation of the selected items in a JList component
+ * @param removeQuotes removes/does not remove quotes from each individual value in the theList input
+ */
+ static public void fillSelectionListFromString(JList aListComponent,String theList,boolean removeQuotes) {
+ String aList = theList;
+ if (aList.startsWith("[")) {
+ aList = aList.substring(1,aList.length());
+ }
+ if (aList.endsWith("]")) {
+ aList = aList.substring(0,aList.length()-1);
+ }
+ if(!aList.equals("")){
+ String[] aS=aList.split(",");
+ String[] toBeSelectedValues = new String[aS.length];
+ for (int i=0; i< aS.length;i++) {
+ if(removeQuotes){
+ toBeSelectedValues[i] = aS[i].substring(1,aS[i].length()-1);
+ }else{
+ toBeSelectedValues[i] = aS[i];
+ }
+ }
+ int[] toBeSelectedIndices = new int[toBeSelectedValues.length];
+ int aValueIndex = 0;
+ if(toBeSelectedValues.length>0){
+ for(String aValue : toBeSelectedValues){
+
+ for(int in = 0; in < aListComponent.getModel().getSize();in++){
+ String aCorrType = (String)aListComponent.getModel().getElementAt(in);
+ if(aValue.equals(aCorrType)){
+ toBeSelectedIndices[aValueIndex] = in;
+ }
+ }
+ aValueIndex++;
+ }
+ aListComponent.setSelectedIndices(toBeSelectedIndices);
+
+ }else{
+ aListComponent.clearSelection();
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Routine to strip all possible choices from a "popup" string <br><br>
+ * Example of a popup string: "file|socket|ethernet;socket"<br>
+ * The | splitted values are the possible combochoices<br>
+ * The ; splitted value is the default choice.
+ *
+ * @param aComboBox the JComboBox that need to be set
+ * @param aS the string that contains the possible choices
+ */
+ static public void setPopupComboChoices(JComboBox aComboBox,String aS) {
+ aComboBox.removeAllItems();
+ if (aS.length() < 1) {
+ return;
+ }
+ // first strip input on ; because after the ; a default choice has been given.
+ String[] stripped = aS.split("[;]");
+ String defaultChoice = "";
+ if (stripped.length > 1) {
+ defaultChoice = stripped[1];
+ }
+
+ // now determine all possible choices and fill the combobox
+ String[] choices = stripped[0].split("[|]");
+ for (int i=0; i< choices.length;i++) {
+ if (!choices[i].equals("")) {
+ aComboBox.addItem(choices[i]);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // set the default choice (if any)
+ if (!defaultChoice.equals("")) {
+ aComboBox.setSelectedItem(defaultChoice);
+ } else {
+ aComboBox.setSelectedIndex(0);
+ }
+ aComboBox.validate();
+ }
}