I want to build a user interface similar to the sketch below:
When the user fills out the form on the right and clicks the 'Plot!' button, a new closeable tab opens on the left with a chart.
I am new to RCP and have been following this tutorial. I am able to bring up tabs with charts triggered from a menu item. How do I go about:
- creating the tab (view?) with the form
- open a new chart tab when the user clicks the button
Edit
Here is my current code. It satisfies the basic requirements outlined in this question, but I am not sure if that is the best approach. I would be delighted if someone here can guide me in the right direction.
A view with the form; the button's listener invokes a command.
public class FormView extends ViewPart {
public static final String ID =
FormView.class.getPackage().getName() + ".Form";
private FormToolkit toolkit;
private Form form;
public Text text;
@Override
public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
toolkit = new FormToolkit(parent.getDisplay());
form = toolkit.createForm(parent);
form.setText("Pie Chucker");
GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
form.getBody().setLayout(layout);
layout.numColumns = 2;
GridData gd = new GridData();
gd.horizontalSpan = 2;
Label label = new Label(form.getBody(), SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Chart Title:");
text = new Text(form.getBody(), SWT.BORDER);
text.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL));
Button button = new Button(form.getBody(), SWT.PUSH);
button.setText("Plot");
gd = new GridData();
gd.horizontalSpan = 2;
button.setLayoutData(gd);
button.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
@Override
public void mouseDown(MouseEvent e) {
IHandlerService handlerService = (IHandlerService) getSite()
.getService(IHandlerService.class);
try {
handlerService.executeCommand(ShowChartHandler.ID, null);
} catch (Exception ex) {
throw new RuntimeException(ShowChartHandler.ID +
" not found");
}
}
});
}
@Override
public void setFocus() {
}
}
The command invoked by the button from the form. This opens a new view with a chart.
public class ShowChartHandler extends AbstractHandler implements IHandler {
public static final String ID =
ShowChartHandler.class.getPackage().getName() + ".ShowChart";
private int count = 0;
@Override
public Object execute(ExecutionEvent event) throws ExecutionException {
IWorkbenchWindow window = HandlerUtil.getActiveWorkbenchWindow(event);
try {
window.getActivePage().showView(ChartView.ID,
String.valueOf(++count), IWorkbenchPage.VIEW_ACTIVATE);
} catch (PartInitException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
The view with the chart. It looks up the form view and reads a value from a text field in the form (?!):
public class ChartView extends ViewPart {
public static final String ID =
ChartView.class.getPackage().getName() + ".Chart";
private static final Random random = new Random();
public ChartView() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
@Override
public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
FormView form =
(FormView) Workbench.getInstance()
.getActiveWorkbenchWindow()
.getActivePage()
.findView(FormView.ID);
String title = form == null? null : form.text.getText();
if (title == null || title.trim().length() == 0) {
title = "Pie Chart";
}
setPartName(title);
JFreeChart chart = createChart(createDataset(), title);
new ChartComposite(parent, SWT.NONE, chart, true);
}
@Override
public void setFocus() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
/**
* Creates the Dataset for the Pie chart
*/
private PieDataset createDataset() {
Double[] nums = getRandomNumbers();
DefaultPieDataset dataset = new DefaultPieDataset();
dataset.setValue("One", nums[0]);
dataset.setValue("Two", nums[1]);
dataset.setValue("Three", nums[2]);
dataset.setValue("Four", nums[3]);
dataset.setValue("Five", nums[4]);
dataset.setValue("Six", nums[5]);
return dataset;
}
private Double[] getRandomNumbers() {
Double[] nums = new Double[6];
int sum = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
int r = random.nextInt(20);
nums[i] = new Double(r);
sum += r;
}
nums[5] = new Double(100 - sum);
return nums;
}
/**
* Creates the Chart based on a dataset
*/
private JFreeChart createChart(PieDataset dataset, String title) {
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createPieChart(title, // chart title
dataset, // data
true, // include legend
true, false);
PiePlot plot = (PiePlot) chart.getPlot();
plot.setSectionOutlinesVisible(false);
plot.setLabelFont(new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 12));
plot.setNoDataMessage("No data available");
plot.setCircular(false);
plot.setLabelGap(0.02);
return chart;
}
}
The perspective that ties it all together:
public class Perspective implements IPerspectiveFactory {
public void createInitialLayout(IPageLayout layout) {
layout.setEditorAreaVisible(false);
layout.addStandaloneView(FormView.ID, false,
IPageLayout.RIGHT, 0.3f,
IPageLayout.ID_EDITOR_AREA);
IFolderLayout charts = layout.createFolder("Charts",
IPageLayout.LEFT, 0.7f, FormView.ID);
charts.addPlaceholder(ChartView.ID + ":*");
}
}