babase.ranker
Class Controller

java.lang.Object
  babase.ranker.Controller

public class Controller
extends java.lang.Object

Controls communications amongst different components of the ranker.

Author:

tjb13

Field Summary

Cage	cage
Chooser	myChooser
Database	myDatabase
GUI	myGUI
LoginManager	myLoginManager

Constructor Summary

Controller()
Default constructor which creates a new database and login manager

Method Summary

Database	getDatabase() Returns the Database currently being used.
void	loadChooser() Disposes of the Login Manager and loads the chooser using the login credentials provided to the login manager and a specified database.
void	loadChooser(javax.swing.JFrame f) Loads the chooser after disposing whatever frame was previously displayed to the user, either a login manager or a ranker GUI.
void	loadGui() Loads the GUI for the ranker utility
void	logout() Logs a given user out of the ranker utility and brings the user back to the login window.
void	reloadChooser() Loads the chooser in the case a given user would like to perform another ranking without logging out.
void	startLoginManager() Starts a new login manager so that the user can login

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myDatabase

public Database myDatabase

myLoginManager

public LoginManager myLoginManager

myChooser

public Chooser myChooser

myGUI

public GUI myGUI

cage

public Cage cage

Constructor Detail

Controller

public Controller()

Default constructor which creates a new database and login manager

Method Detail

startLoginManager

public void startLoginManager()

Starts a new login manager so that the user can login

loadChooser

public void loadChooser()
                 throws java.sql.SQLException

Disposes of the Login Manager and loads the chooser using the login credentials provided to the login manager and a specified database.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException

reloadChooser

public void reloadChooser()
                   throws java.sql.SQLException

Loads the chooser in the case a given user would like to perform another ranking without logging out.

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException

loadChooser

public void loadChooser(javax.swing.JFrame f)
                 throws java.sql.SQLException

Loads the chooser after disposing whatever frame was previously displayed to the user, either a login manager or a ranker GUI.

Parameters:

f -

Throws:

java.sql.SQLException

getDatabase

public Database getDatabase()

Returns the Database currently being used.

Returns:

a Database

loadGui

public void loadGui()
             throws Utils.FileIOException,
                    java.sql.SQLException

Loads the GUI for the ranker utility

Throws:

Utils.FileIOException

java.sql.SQLException

logout

public void logout()

Logs a given user out of the ranker utility and brings the user back to the login window.