net.ledticker.elements
Class Token

java.lang.Object
  net.ledticker.elements.Token

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrowToken, NumberToken, TextToken

public abstract class Token

extends java.lang.Object

This abstract class represents an item of a net.ledticker.TickerElement. net.ledticker.TickerElement can contain any number of Tokens and the data it stores can be changed in real-time. It also contains a ColorModel that defines the color of the leds used to represent the data stored in this Token.

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Token()
Creates a token with a DefaultColorModel

Token(ColorModel colorModel)
Creates a token with a custom ColorModel

Method Summary

ColorModel	getColorModel() Gets the ColorModel used by this token
abstract java.lang.String	getDisplayValue() Gets the String representation of the token that will be scrolled by the ticker
void	setColorModel(ColorModel colorModel) Sets the color model of this token
abstract void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Sets the token's value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Token

public Token()

Creates a token with a DefaultColorModel

Token

public Token(ColorModel colorModel)

Creates a token with a custom ColorModel

Parameters:

colorModel - the custom ColorModel

Method Detail

getColorModel

public ColorModel getColorModel()

Gets the ColorModel used by this token

Returns:

the ColorModel of this token

setColorModel

public void setColorModel(ColorModel colorModel)

Sets the color model of this token

Parameters:

colorModel -

getDisplayValue

public abstract java.lang.String getDisplayValue()

Gets the String representation of the token that will be scrolled by the ticker

Returns:

the token's String representation

setValue

public abstract void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Sets the token's value

Parameters:

value - the token's value

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given value's class does not corresponds to the implementation value's class