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Re: [udig-devel] ToolManager and finding tools
Jesse has created a couple of tutorials on embedded a map viewer; you could review his code for hints.

I have spent a fair bit of time cleaning up ToolManager recently - it seems to be the definition of the "God Object" anti-patern (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_object) :-)

I think I have it to the point where each map could have its own tool manager; and indeed tool manager would be well enough behaved to stand on its own.

Your method sounds find to me; I was forced to add similar methods when I was wiring things up.

Would you like to submit your your method as a pull request?
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Jody Garnett

On Thursday, 1 March 2012 at 9:42 AM, Emily Gouge wrote:

Hi uDiggers,

I'm using uDig as the mapping component of a larger project to track and
manage Patrol data. The quick summary is - Rangers (or others) take GPS
devices into the field (park or protected area) and record information
(wildlife sightings, poaching sighting) using these devices. The
application then provides the ability to download, manage, and report on
the information collected.

So far I've had little trouble integrating uDig - so thanks to everyone.

I have one question - I'm developing a very simple map view that is not
meant to be used for anything other than quickly viewing data. I want
it to only have a few simple tools (pan, zoom and possibly one or two
custom tools). As a result I'm creating my own custom toolbar with the
set of tools I need.

I want to use the ToolManager to find the defined tools and add them to
my custom toolbar. I tried using the ToolManager.findTool(toolID)
function but it doesn't search non-modal tools and it doesn't return the
tool proxy (that contains the name, image and other information I need).

The solution I came up with was to add a function to the ToolManager
called findToolProxy(toolId) [as shown below]. This function searchs
all tools (modal, action and background) and returns the associated
toolproxy. This function would also need to be added to the IToolManager.

If there is some better way of accessing the Tool extensions please
point me at it and I'll have a look. Otherwise, (if I create a patch
and submit it via git) would it be possible to get this update into udig?

Thanks,
Emily




/**
* Find a tool proxy with the provided ID.
* <p>This searches modal tools, background tools, and
* action tools</p>
* @param toolID toolId to search for
* @return ToolProxy of tool if found or null
*/
public ToolProxy findToolProxy(String toolID) {
for(ModalToolCategory category : modalCategories){
for (ModalItem item : category) {
if(toolID.equals(item.getId())){
return (ToolProxy)item;
}
}
}
for(ActionToolCategory category : actionCategories){
for (ModalItem item : category) {
if(toolID.equals(item.getId())){
return (ToolProxy)item;
}
}
}
for(ToolProxy item : backgroundTools){
if(toolID.equals(item.getId())){
return (ToolProxy)item;
}
}
return null;
}




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