GUI Commands Change History
Version 2.1
New Features
- New annotions for creating and binding ActionCommands and SwingWorkerCommands from regular
methods. The new annotations are processed using GuiCommands.bindAnnotatedCommands(..).
- New DEBUG mode for command groups that shows missing members. The debug mode is activated
by specifying the system property
com.pietschy.command.debugGroups=true.
- New support for DelegatingToggleCommands and DelegatingToggleGroups.
- New converter utility for converting old 1.1.x configuration files to the new 2.x format.
Changes
- Added ActionCommand.getContainerProperty() convenience method for retrieving CommandContainer
properties.
- Added ActionCommand.addContainerPropertyListener() methods to monitor container properties
in a manner similar to standard property changes listeners.
- Command Ids can not longer contain spaces. This allows improved error checking in
group member specifications.
- ActionCommandExcecutor now exends Identifiable to simplify usage of delegates.
- Renamed ToggleCommandGroup to ToggleGroup.
- Renamed DelegateContainer to DelegateProvider to avoid confusion with CommandContainers.
- Updated DefaultDelegateMediator and FocusTrackingDelegateMediator to allow the direct
addition of delegates without having to provide a DelegateProvider.
- Fixed case where delegate could find themselves as the delegate to use.
- Added DelegateProviderSupport to assist in implemention DelegateProvider without having
to use a CommandContainer.
- Added SwingWorkerCommand finished(..), failed(..) and cancelled(..) convenience
methods.
- Deprecated SwingWorkerCommand.WorkingMode and replaced it with boolean properties
disableWhileWorking and activateGlassPane.
- Updated CommandHyperLinkListener to also accept a list of commands instead of just a
CommandContainer instance.
- Deprecated HoverManager.getInstanceFor(Window) and replaced it with
GuiCommands.getHoverManagerFor(Window) to make it easier to find.
- Changes to ReflectionCommand including moving to new package 'reflection' as
well as adding ArgumentProvider and ExceptionHandler interfaces for abstracting
argument and exception handling.
- Added getters on ReflectionCommand for the target object and method.
- Refactored CommandGroup package.
- Made Command.getButtonFactory() and associated methods protected to avoid confusion on
how to create a buttons.
- Various configuration parser cleanups.
- Javadoc and build updates in preparation for the source code license.
- Improvements to the User Guide including support for online searching.
- Cleaned up demo and added more comments.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug where faces were not removing listeners when they were re-parented.
- Fixed issues with not being able to change the standard drop down icon for
groups in DefaultFaceRenderer.
- Fixed spelling in RenderContext.isFirstMember().
- Removed duplicate copy of Defaults object.
Version 2.0