edu.kzoo.grid
Class PictureBlock

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.kzoo.grid.GridObject
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        +--edu.kzoo.grid.PictureBlock

public class PictureBlock

extends GridObject

Grid Container Package:
A PictureBlock object encapsulates a picture (an image read from a file) to be put in a cell in a grid.

Version:

10 November 2004

Author:

Alyce Brady

See Also:

Grid, Location

Constructor Summary

PictureBlock(java.lang.String imageFilename, java.lang.String description)
Constructs a picture block encapsulating the image in the specified file.

PictureBlock(java.lang.String imageFilename, java.lang.String description, Grid grid, Location loc)
Constructs a picture block encapsulating the image in the specified file.

Method Summary

javax.swing.ImageIcon	pictureIcon() Gets picture associated with this picture block.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the description of the picture provided to the constructor.

Methods inherited from class edu.kzoo.grid.GridObject

act, addToGrid, changeLocation, grid, isInAGrid, location, removeFromGrid, theGridObjectInvariantHolds

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PictureBlock

public PictureBlock(java.lang.String imageFilename,
                    java.lang.String description)

Constructs a picture block encapsulating the image in the specified file. Looks for the named file first in the jar file, then in the current directory.

Parameters:

imageFilename - name of file containing image

description - description of this picture block object (used by the toString method)

PictureBlock

public PictureBlock(java.lang.String imageFilename,
                    java.lang.String description,
                    Grid grid,
                    Location loc)

Constructs a picture block encapsulating the image in the specified file. Looks for the named file first in the jar file, then in the current directory.

Parameters:

imageFilename - name of file containing image

description - description of this picture block object (used by the toString method)

grid - the grid containing this picture block

loc - the location of the picture block in grid

Method Detail

pictureIcon

public javax.swing.ImageIcon pictureIcon()

Gets picture associated with this picture block.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the description of the picture provided to the constructor.

Overrides:

toString in class GridObject

Returns:

a string representation of this grid object