com.ignotus.aifile
Class GroupComponent

java.lang.Object
  com.ignotus.aifile.DisplayComponent
      com.ignotus.aifile.GroupComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Visitable

public class GroupComponent
extends DisplayComponent

Groups together geometry (BezShape), text (PointText) and nested groups within a layer or another group. Components in a group are displayed and written to file with the most recently added component first (last in first out).

Constructor Summary

GroupComponent(PApplet parent)

Method Summary

void	accept(ComponentVisitor visitor) Accepts a ComponentVisitor that traverses a document structure tree.
void	accept(ComponentVisitor visitor, boolean order) Accepts a ComponentVisitor that traverses a document structure tree in preorder or postorder.
void	add(ArrayList<? extends DisplayComponent> comps) Adds all components in a list to this component
void	add(DisplayComponent component) Adds a component to children of this component.
void	draw() Draws geometry or text to the Processing window.
boolean	isTerminal()
void	transform(Matrix3 matx) Transforms geometry of shapes and location of text using the supplied matrix.
void	write(PrintWriter pw) Writes an Adobe Illustrator 7.0 file format encoding structure, geometry and text.

Methods inherited from class com.ignotus.aifile.DisplayComponent

children, get, hide, id, isLocked, isVisible, iterator, parentComponent, remove, setLocked, setParentComponent, setVisible, show

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GroupComponent

public GroupComponent(PApplet parent)

Parameters:

parent - PApplet used for calls to the Processing environment, notably for drawing

Method Detail

add

public void add(DisplayComponent component)

Adds a component to children of this component. Overrides DisplayComponent. Throws an UnsupportedOperationException if an attempt is made to add a DocumentComponent or a LayerComponent. Permits nested groups.

Specified by:

add in class DisplayComponent

Parameters:

component - DisplayComponent to add to this component's children

add

public void add(ArrayList<? extends DisplayComponent> comps)

Adds all components in a list to this component

Specified by:

add in class DisplayComponent

Parameters:

comps - an ArrayList of DisplayComponents

draw

public void draw()

Description copied from class: DisplayComponent

Draws geometry or text to the Processing window. Component must be flagged as visible (the default).

Specified by:

draw in class DisplayComponent

isTerminal

public boolean isTerminal()

Specified by:

isTerminal in class DisplayComponent

Returns:

true if this is a terminal (leaf) component, false if it is a composite component (i.e. a component that can add sub-components to a children array)

write

public void write(PrintWriter pw)

Description copied from class: DisplayComponent

Writes an Adobe Illustrator 7.0 file format encoding structure, geometry and text.

Specified by:

write in class DisplayComponent

Parameters:

pw - a PrintWriter for file output.

transform

public void transform(Matrix3 matx)

Description copied from class: DisplayComponent

Transforms geometry of shapes and location of text using the supplied matrix.

Specified by:

transform in class DisplayComponent

Parameters:

matx - a Matrix3 that encapsulates an affine geometric transform.

accept

public void accept(ComponentVisitor visitor)

Description copied from interface: Visitable

Accepts a ComponentVisitor that traverses a document structure tree.

When called from an object that implements the Visitable interface:

1. each visited object passes a reference to itself back to the visitor
2. each visited object calls accept( visitor ) on all its children

The reference is passed back to the visitor through a method of the form visitor.visit<ComponentClassName>( this ); See ComponentVisitor

The order of steps 1 and 2 determines if traversal of the composite structure is preorder or postorder. As shown above, it's preorder. Depending on what you want to do, one traversal may be better suited than the other. Preorder visits parents first, postorder visits children first.

Parameters:

visitor - a ComponentVisitor

accept

public void accept(ComponentVisitor visitor,
                   boolean order)

Description copied from interface: Visitable

Accepts a ComponentVisitor that traverses a document structure tree in preorder or postorder.

Parameters:

visitor - a ComponentVisitor

order - boolean to determine if traversal is preorder or postorder accept( visitor ) should implement the default order of traversal, accept( visitor, <false> ) should implement the other order.