Package VASSAL.tools

Contains various utility classes.

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Description

Interface Summary

Sort.Comparator
UniqueIdManager.Identifyable	An object with an identifier that can be manipulated by a UniqueIdManager

Class Summary

ArchiveWriter	An ArchiveWriter is a writeable DataArchive.
BackgroundTask	Utility task for starting a thread that performs one task, BackgroundTask.doFirst(), then queues another another task, BackgroundTask.doLater(), for the Event Handler thread to execute This is basically a simple version of Sun's SwingWorker class.
ComponentPathBuilder	Provides an XPath-like syntax for identifying configuration components
ComponentSplitter	Provides support for hidden panels.
ComponentSplitter.SplitPane	Contains methods to automatically show/hide one of its components (the "hideable" component) while the other (the "base" component) remains always visible.
DataArchive	Wrapper around a Zip archive with methods to cache images
Decoder	Utility class for decoding URL-encoded strings
ErrorLog	Warns the user when an uncaught Exception occurs Use this by calling System.setProperty("sun.awt.exception.handler","VASSAL.tools.ErrorLog"); See Java code in EventDispatchThread.handleException()
ErrorLog.Group
FormattedString
HotkeySpecifier	Text component for specifying a hot key
ImprovedAveragingScaleFilter	Extension of java.awt.image.AreaAveragingScaleFilter.
KeyStrokeListener	Utility class for associating an Action with a keystroke from multiple different component sources
KeyStrokeSource	Utility class for registering a component as a source of hotkey events
LaunchButton	A JButton for placing into a VASSAL component's toolbar.
PlayerIdFormattedString	Utility subclass of FormattedString which automatically includes variables for Player name, side, and id
PropertiesEncoder	Encodes a set of properties into a String, without using a '\n' character
RotateFilter
SequenceEncoder	Encodes a sequence of Strings into a single String with a given delimiter.
SequenceEncoder.Decoder
Sort	Quicksort implementation so we can sort using JRE 1.1
Sort.Alpha	Compares two String objects
SplashScreen	Displays an image centered on the screen
TransparentFilter	Sets the transparency of colors in an image
UniqueIdManager	A class for assigning unique identifiers to objects.
WrapLayout	FlowLayout subclass that fully supports wrapping of components.
ZipUpdater	Automatically builds a .jar file that will update a Zip archive.

Exception Summary

ComponentPathBuilder.PathFormatException

Package VASSAL.tools Description

Contains various utility classes.