ScreenManager Class Reference

Collaboration diagram for ScreenManager:[legend]List of all members.

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Detailed Description

draws the UI using the curses API

Definition at line 15 of file screenManager.h.

Public Types
enum	Status {   OPEN = 1,   CLOSED = 0,   ERROR = -1 }
	enumeration for the status of the ScreenManager
Public Member Functions
int	changeCurrentMenu (Menu *newMenuPtr)
	changes the menu that is displayed
void	writeUserMessage (char *message)
	writes a new message to the array - implemented in FIFO
void	updateScreen ()
	clears and updates the screen for the user
Menu *	getCurrentMenu ()
	get the current Menu
void	getUserInput ()
	wait for a command from the user
char *	askUserQuestion (char *question)
	askes the user a spefic question, send it the question you want to ask returns the user answer
char *	askUserHiddenQuestion (char *question)
	ask a user a question and hide what they are entering
int	askUserIntQuestion (char *question)
	ask the user a question expecting a integer reply
void	welcomeMessage ()
	shows the welcome screen
Static Public Member Functions
ScreenManager *	theInstance ()
	returns the one and only instance of ScreenManager
Protected Member Functions
	ScreenManager ()
	Contructor for the screen Manager - initializes curses.
	~ScreenManager ()
	brief destructor, shows the exit message
ScreenManager &	operator= (const ScreenManager &)
Private Attributes
SysLog *	systemLogger
	reference to the systemLogger
char *	userMessages [7]
	pointer to all current UserMessages
int	welcomeFile
	welcomeMessage, shown on startUp
char *	exitMessage
	exitMessage, shown on shutdown
WINDOW *	messageWindow
	The message Window.
WINDOW *	menuWindow
	The menu window.
WINDOW *	inputWindow
	The inputWindow.
Static Private Attributes
Menu *	currentMenu
	pointer to the current Menu
int	currentMessage
	pointer to the newest User Message
int	screenCounter
	keeps track of the number of times the screen has been updated so that it adds a ".." message only every 5 seconds
Status	screenStatus
	The status of the screenManager.

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Member Function Documentation

char* ScreenManager::askUserHiddenQuestion (  char *  question  )

ask a user a question and hide what they are entering Parameters: question  to display to user Return values: the  reply supplied by the user

int ScreenManager::askUserIntQuestion (  char *  question  )

ask the user a question expecting a integer reply Parameters: question  to display to user Return values: the  reply supplied by the user

char* ScreenManager::askUserQuestion (  char *  question  )

askes the user a spefic question, send it the question you want to ask returns the user answer Parameters: question  to display to user Return values: the  reply supplied by the user

int ScreenManager::changeCurrentMenu (  Menu *  newMenuPtr  )

changes the menu that is displayed Parameters: newMenuPtr  to change the menu to Return values: 1  on success -1 on error

Menu* ScreenManager::getCurrentMenu (   )

get the current Menu Return values: the  current menu Null on error

ScreenManager* ScreenManager::theInstance (   )  [static]

returns the one and only instance of ScreenManager Return values: the  instance of the screenManager

void ScreenManager::writeUserMessage (  char *  message  )

writes a new message to the array - implemented in FIFO Parameters: message  to write to the screen

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• screenManager.h

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