KTipDatabase (Koala KDE 3.2.3 Java api)

Class KTipDatabase

public class KTipDatabase extends Object implements QtSupport

A database for tips-of-the-day. This class provides convenient access to a database containing tips of the day. The database is stored in a XML file and parsed when a KTipDatabase object is created. Once the file is read in, you can access the tips to display them in the tip of the day dialog. The state of the tipdialog is saved to the applications's config file in the group "TipOfDay" with a boolean entry "RunOnStart". Check this value if you want to allow the user to enable/disable the tipdialog in the application's configuration dialog.

Author: Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel

UNKNOWN: A database for tips-of-the-day.

Constructor Summary
protected	KTipDatabase(Class dummy)
	KTipDatabase(String tipFile) This constructor reads in the tips from a file with the given name.
	KTipDatabase()
	KTipDatabase(String[] tipFiles) This constructor takes a list of files that will be merged.

Constructor Summary

protected

KTipDatabase(Class dummy)

KTipDatabase(String tipFile)

This constructor reads in the tips from a file with the given name.

KTipDatabase()

KTipDatabase(String[] tipFiles)

This constructor takes a list of files that will be merged.

Method Summary
void	dispose() Delete the wrapped C++ instance ahead of finalize()
protected void	finalize() Deletes the wrapped C++ instance
boolean	isDisposed() Has the wrapped C++ instance been deleted?
void	nextTip() The next tip will become the current one.
void	prevTip() The previous tip will become the current one.
String	tip() Returns the current tip.

Method Summary

void

dispose()

Delete the wrapped C++ instance ahead of finalize()

protected void

finalize()

Deletes the wrapped C++ instance

boolean

isDisposed()

Has the wrapped C++ instance been deleted?

void

nextTip()

The next tip will become the current one.

void

prevTip()

The previous tip will become the current one.

String

tip()

Returns the current tip.

Constructor Detail

KTipDatabase

This constructor reads in the tips from a file with the given name. If no name is given, a file called 'application-name/tips' will be loaded.

Parameters: tipFile The absolute path to the tips file.

UNKNOWN: This constructor reads in the tips from a file with the given name.

KTipDatabase

This constructor takes a list of files that will be merged. This constructor essentially behaves like the one above. It returns when tipFiles is empty.

Parameters: tipFiles A list of absolute paths to the tips file

UNKNOWN: This constructor takes a list of files that will be merged.

The previous tip will become the current one.

UNKNOWN: The previous tip will become the current one.