#16 Refactor Swing backend, demo of multiple TApplications in one Swing frame

[fanfix.git] / src / jexer / backend / GenericBackend.java

/*
 * Jexer - Java Text User Interface
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 * Copyright (C) 2017 Kevin Lamonte
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 * @author Kevin Lamonte [kevin.lamonte@gmail.com]
 * @version 1
 */
package jexer.backend;

import java.util.List;

import jexer.event.TInputEvent;

/**
 * This abstract class provides a screen, keyboard, and mouse to
 * TApplication.  It also exposes session information as gleaned from lower
 * levels of the communication stack.
 */
public abstract class GenericBackend implements Backend {

    /**
     * The session information.
     */
    protected SessionInfo sessionInfo;

    /**
     * Getter for sessionInfo.
     *
     * @return the SessionInfo
     */
    public final SessionInfo getSessionInfo() {
        return sessionInfo;
    }

    /**
     * The screen to draw on.
     */
    protected Screen screen;

    /**
     * Getter for screen.
     *
     * @return the Screen
     */
    public final Screen getScreen() {
        return screen;
    }

    /**
     * Subclasses must provide an implementation that syncs the logical
     * screen to the physical device.
     */
    public abstract void flushScreen();

    /**
     * Subclasses must provide an implementation to get keyboard, mouse, and
     * screen resize events.
     *
     * @param queue list to append new events to
     */
    public abstract void getEvents(List<TInputEvent> queue);

    /**
     * Subclasses must provide an implementation that closes sockets,
     * restores console, etc.
     */
    public abstract void shutdown();

    /**
     * Subclasses must provide an implementation that sets the window title.
     *
     * @param title the new title
     */
    public abstract void setTitle(final String title);

}