tenua.gui
Class CompilerTimer

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Timer
      tenua.gui.CompilerTimer

public class CompilerTimer
extends java.util.Timer

Sets up a timer loop to run the compiler on a regular basis

Author:

Daniel Wachsstock

Constructor Summary

CompilerTimer(Tenua parent)
Creates a new CompilerTimer

Method Summary

void	compile() called by other threads to alert this one that the mechanism has changed
static java.lang.String	compileMacro(java.lang.String s, SymbolTable st) compiles a string with a given SymbolTable into a macro that can be executed by a mechanism.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Timer

cancel, purge, schedule, schedule, schedule, schedule, scheduleAtFixedRate, scheduleAtFixedRate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompilerTimer

public CompilerTimer(Tenua parent)

Creates a new CompilerTimer

Parameters:

parent - the Tenua window that created this

Method Detail

compile

public void compile()

called by other threads to alert this one that the mechanism has changed

compileMacro

public static java.lang.String compileMacro(java.lang.String s,
                                            SymbolTable st)
                                     throws tenua.parser.ParseException

compiles a string with a given SymbolTable into a macro that can be executed by a mechanism. It translates the variables into get/sut method calls.

Parameters:

s - the String to compile

st - the SymbolTable to use

Returns:

a String with s appropriately mangled, to be used with bsh.Interpreter.eval (String)

Throws:

tenua.parser.ParseException