Application initialization

The constructor of a MDIApplication allows to configure the content of the application, including:

• If it can manage Plugins
• If it serialize and deserialize its configuration
• For GUI applications, the application menu factory, its Status Bar, its logger area, and its Splash Screen

Command-line arguments

The framework provides a framework to take into account the command-line arguments:

• The LauncherConf class is a very simple class which allows to parse the command-line arguments and return a key-value maps of arguments
• The Command-line framework is a much more elaborate framework allowing to take into account the command-line arguments which are managed by the application and each Plugin

Initialization order

The order of the initialization is the following:

• Specify the directory for the Plugins of the application manage Plugins with AbstractApplication.setPluginsConfiguration(File) to specify the directory for the Plugins
• If the application serialize and deserialize its configuration, deserialize the configuration with AbstractApplication.initConfiguration(Preferences)
• For GUI applications, set the application Menu factory by AbstractMDIApplication.setMenuFactory(MDIMenuFactory)
• Register the Plugins by AbstractApplication.registerPlugins(). This will discover the plugins in the Plugins directory, and deserialize the Plugins configurations
• For GUI applications, create the application Panels by AbstractMDIApplication.preparePanels(int, boolean, boolean, MDIMenuFactory)

Example

      public class MyApplication extends AbstractMDIApplication {
        public MyApplication() {  
          super("MyApplication");
          conf = AppliConfiguration.getInstance();
      
          // specify the Plugins directory
          pluginsDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
          pluginsDir = new File(pluginsDir, "dist/plugins");
          this.setPluginsConfiguration(pluginsDir, null);       

          // initialize configuration with Preferences
          pref = Preferences.userRoot();
          this.initConfiguration(pref, null);
      
          // register the Plugins
          this.registerPlugins();
      
          // create the application panels
          mfactory = new SimpleMenuFactory();
          super.preparePanels(4, true, true, mfactory);
      
          // set the size of the Application window
          this.setSize(500, 500);
        }  
      }