com.bankframe.fe.ui
Class ApplicationImages

java.lang.Object
  com.bankframe.fe.ui.ApplicationImages

public class ApplicationImages

extends java.lang.Object

This class loads and stores all the images used by an application. This class requires all the image files to exist in an images directory of the root of where the application is run. Access to common images are provided via public static variables. Other images can be loaded via the ApplicationImages.properties file and accessed through the getImageIcon() method.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	APPLICATION_IMAGES_BUNDLE
static java.lang.String	IMAGES_DIRECTORY
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	largeAppLogo
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	largeOffButton
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	largeOnButton
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	mainMenuLogo
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	smallAppLogo
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	smallOffButton
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	smallOnButton

Constructor Summary

ApplicationImages()

Method Summary

static javax.swing.ImageIcon	getImageIcon(java.lang.String key) This method loads an image given it's key name in the ApplicationImages.properties file.
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	getImageIconByFile(java.lang.String imageFileName) This method loads an image as a local file.
static javax.swing.ImageIcon	getImageIconByURL(java.net.URL codeBase, java.lang.String imageFileName) This method loads an image as a URL.
static void	loadImagesByFile() This method loads the icons locally from the file system.
static void	loadImagesByURL(java.net.URL newCodeBase) This method loads the icons from a url.
static void	setCodeBase(java.net.URL newCodeBase) This method sets the codebase used by the class to load URL images.
static void	setCoseBase(java.net.URL newCodeBase) This method sets the codebase used by the class to load URL images.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

smallOnButton

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon smallOnButton

smallOffButton

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon smallOffButton

largeOnButton

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon largeOnButton

largeOffButton

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon largeOffButton

smallAppLogo

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon smallAppLogo

largeAppLogo

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon largeAppLogo

mainMenuLogo

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon mainMenuLogo

IMAGES_DIRECTORY

public static final java.lang.String IMAGES_DIRECTORY

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Constant Field Values

APPLICATION_IMAGES_BUNDLE

public static final java.lang.String APPLICATION_IMAGES_BUNDLE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ApplicationImages

public ApplicationImages()

Method Detail

getImageIcon

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon getImageIcon(java.lang.String key)

This method loads an image given it's key name in the ApplicationImages.properties file.

Parameters:

key - a key to an image

Returns:

an ImageIcon for the given key

getImageIconByFile

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon getImageIconByFile(java.lang.String imageFileName)

This method loads an image as a local file. The directory in which the image is located must be in the applications classpath

Parameters:

imageFileName - the filename of the image to get

Returns:

an ImageIcon

getImageIconByURL

public static javax.swing.ImageIcon getImageIconByURL(java.net.URL codeBase,
                                                      java.lang.String imageFileName)

This method loads an image as a URL. The image must be located on the applications web server in an images directory.

Parameters:

codeBase - the URL of the web server

imageFileName - the file name of the image to retrieve

Returns:

an ImageIcon

loadImagesByFile

public static void loadImagesByFile()

This method loads the icons locally from the file system.

loadImagesByURL

public static void loadImagesByURL(java.net.URL newCodeBase)

This method loads the icons from a url.

Parameters:

newCodeBase - the url codeBase where the icon images are located.

setCodeBase

public static void setCodeBase(java.net.URL newCodeBase)

This method sets the codebase used by the class to load URL images.

Parameters:

newCodeBase - the new codebase

setCoseBase

public static void setCoseBase(java.net.URL newCodeBase)

This method sets the codebase used by the class to load URL images.

Parameters:

newCodeBase - the new codebase