https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna: Java library for creating text-based terminal GUIs
  • Martin Berglund 
/*
 * This file is part of lanterna (https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna).
 *
 * lanterna is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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 *
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 *
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Martin Berglund
 */
package com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.dialogs;

import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.*;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;


Thin layer on top of the AbstractWindow class that automatically sets properties and hints to the window to make it act more like a modal dialog window 
/**
 * Thin layer on top of the {@code AbstractWindow} class that automatically sets properties and hints to the window to
 * make it act more like a modal dialog window
 */
public abstract class DialogWindow extends AbstractWindow {

    private static final Set<Hint> GLOBAL_DIALOG_HINTS =
            Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(Collections.singletonList(Hint.MODAL)));

    
Default constructor, takes a title for the dialog and runs code shared for dialogs

Params:
  • title – Title of the window
/**
     * Default constructor, takes a title for the dialog and runs code shared for dialogs
     * @param title Title of the window
     */
    protected DialogWindow(String title) {
        super(title);
        setHints(GLOBAL_DIALOG_HINTS);
    }

    
Opens the dialog by showing it on the GUI and doesn't return until the dialog has been closed

Params:
  • textGUI – Text GUI to add the dialog to
Returns:Depending on the DialogWindow implementation, by default null
/**
     * Opens the dialog by showing it on the GUI and doesn't return until the dialog has been closed
     * @param textGUI Text GUI to add the dialog to
     * @return Depending on the {@code DialogWindow} implementation, by default {@code null}
     */
    public Object showDialog(WindowBasedTextGUI textGUI) {
        textGUI.addWindow(this);

        //Wait for the window to close, in case the window manager doesn't honor the MODAL hint
        waitUntilClosed();
        return null;
    }
}