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Class kpalin.alabra.FileIO 

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.awt.Component
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           +----java.awt.Container
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                   +----java.awt.Window
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                           +----java.awt.Dialog
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                                   +----java.awt.FileDialog
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                                           +----kpalin.alabra.FileIO
public class FileIO
extends FileDialog
implements FilenameFilter
Here we control all saving and loading of game. The game is saved brutaly by saving the ChessPlay object, but this class is writen for general object so we can change the implementation easily.

Author:
Kimmo Palin

Variable Index

o fileSuffix
Identification suffix of the files.
o LOADTITLE
o savefile
Name of the file where current game has been saved.
o saveObject
Object that this object controls.
o SAVETITLE

Constructor Index

o FileIO(Frame)
Creates new object for handling game saving and loading.
o FileIO(Frame, Object)
Creates new object for handling game saving and loading.

Method Index

o accept(File, String)
Controls what files to show on dialog and what not.
o getFileName()
o getLoadName()
Asks the name of the game to be load.
o getObject()
Returns the target of this object.
o getSaveName()
o loadData()
Loads the object from the savefile.
o loadFile()
Asks the name of the game to be load and loads it.
o saveData()
Saves game with a given name.
o saveFile()
o saveFileAs()
o setFileName(String)
o setObject(Object)
Sets new object for this FileIO to handle.

Variables

o fileSuffix 
 private final String fileSuffix
Identification suffix of the files.

o SAVETITLE 
 private final String SAVETITLE
o LOADTITLE 
 private final String LOADTITLE
o saveObject 
 private Object saveObject
Object that this object controls.

o savefile 
 private String savefile
Name of the file where current game has been saved.

Constructors

o FileIO 
 FileIO(Frame parent)
Creates new object for handling game saving and loading.

Parameters:
parent - Parent frame of the possible FileDialog
o FileIO 
 FileIO(Frame parent,
        Object save)
Creates new object for handling game saving and loading.

Parameters:
parent - Parent frame of the possible FileDialog
save - The object to be saved.

Methods

o setObject 
 public void setObject(Object target)
Sets new object for this FileIO to handle.

o setFileName 
 public void setFileName(String name)
o getFileName 
 public String getFileName()
o getObject 
 public Object getObject()
Returns the target of this object.

o accept 
 public boolean accept(File dir,
                       String name)
Controls what files to show on dialog and what not.

o saveFileAs 
 public boolean saveFileAs()
o saveFile 
 public boolean saveFile()
o getSaveName 
 private void getSaveName()
o saveData 
 public boolean saveData()
Saves game with a given name.

Returns:
true if save was succesful, otherwise false.
o loadFile 
 public boolean loadFile()
Asks the name of the game to be load and loads it.

o getLoadName 
 private void getLoadName()
Asks the name of the game to be load.

o loadData 
 public boolean loadData()
Loads the object from the savefile. 

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