Scala example source code file (SimpleGUIApplication.scala)

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The Scala SimpleGUIApplication.scala source code

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package scala.swing

import javax.swing._

/**
 * Extend this class for most simple UI applications. Clients need to implement the 
 * <code>top method. Framework initialization is done by this class.
 * 
 * In order to conform to Swing's threading policy, never implement top or any additional 
 * member that created Swing components as a value unless component creation happens on 
 * the EDT (see Swing.onEDT and Swing.onEDTWait). Lazy values are okay for the same reason
 * if they are initialized on the EDT always.
 */
@deprecated("Use SimpleSwingApplication instead", "2.8.0") abstract class SimpleGUIApplication extends GUIApplication {
  
  /**
   * A GUI application's version of the main method. Called by the default 
   * main method implementation provided by this class.
   * Implement to return the top-level frame of this application. 
   */
  def top: Frame

  /**
   * Calls top, packs the frame, and displays it.
   */
  def main(args: Array[String]) = run {
    val t = top
    t.pack()
    t.visible = true
  }
  
  def resourceFromClassloader(path: String): java.net.URL =
    this.getClass.getResource(path)
  
  def resourceFromUserDirectory(path: String): java.io.File =
    new java.io.File(util.Properties.userDir, path)
}