O.K. I should mention I made a mistake in my previous post.
This method: public void getPermittedLayersForTool(String ToolName) should return an array or collection of Strings, not void. Keep me posted on your progress. I'd like to take a look at your work when you are finished. The Sunburned Surveyor On 8/29/06, Juliana Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your help! > I Think I will change the OpenJump source but I will make a simple > modification specifically at Layer class and CursorTool. > > > > On 8/29/06, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the extra information. That helps some! > > I'm going to take a stab at this, although there are others on the > list that may no better than me. I'm still learning OpenJUMP's code > base. > > I think there are two ways to go here. > > You can try to change the feature selection and identification tools, > or you can try to change something about the way layers work. > > I think the first option will be easier, but the second option may be > a more effective solution in the long run. > > If we can change the way layers work any future tools will also be > able to obey our "which layers will work for this tool and which > layers don't work for this tool" rule. > > Unfortunately I think this will involve some changes to OpenJUMP's > source code. I don't think we can do it with a Plug-In. > > Let me give you my intial thoughts. Remember I'm brainstorming here. :] > > You can create a class named "LayerPermissions". It can track > information about which layers can be used by OpenJUMP's tools. > Instead of tracking what is allowed, we should track what isn't > allowed. That way a tool will only be disabled for a layer if someone > goes out of there way to make it so. > > I imagine our LayerPermissions inteface would have at least these two > methods: > > public void addRestriction(String LayerName, String ToolName) > > public void removeRestriction(String LayerName, String ToolName) > > These methods would take two parameters. The first would be the name > of the layer the restriction applied to, while the second would > identify the tool being restricted. > > Some other methods of this interface might be: > > public void clearAllRestrictions() > > public void clearAllRestrictionsOnLayer(String LayerName) > > public void getPermittedLayersForTool(String ToolName) > > You could easily design a simple dialog box that showed a list of > tools and layers and allowed restrictions to be added and removed. You > could even password protect this dialog box if necessary. > > I think we are still going to have to modify the classes for the tools > themselves. We need to have the tools utilize the informtation > provided by our LayersPermission class to modify their behavior. > > For example, we would need to "filter out" features restricted layers > when the feature selection tool is used. In the case of the identity > tool, we would need to check for permission before displaying the > information on a feature selected for identification by the user. > > I'd want to display some sort of message to the user explaining why > the tool didn't work. I wouldn't just want to turn the tool off for > some layers. (I'm picturing my Dad banging his head on the floor > becuase a tool won't work like it is supposed to.) :] > > There may be a much simpler solution. Stefan and Ugo might have some > ideas. Honestly, I haven't looked extensively at the layering system > source code, or at the source code for the feature selection and > feature identification tools. > > If the users don't need to see the features, you can just turn the layers > off! > > Let me know if you decide to go forward and I'll see if I can help > answer some questions. If we come up with a functional layers > permission system we may want to integrate it into the core. > > The Sunburned Surveyor > On 8/29/06, Juliana Barros < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Sunburned, > > > > The first option! "Users can't select features from this layer with the > > feature > > selection or identification tools". > > > > I´m looking for a programattic technique. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Juliana > > > > > > On 8/29/06, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > Juliana, > > > > When you say "unselectable", which of the following do you mean?: > > > > [1] Users can't select features from this layer with the feature > > selection or identification tools. > > > > [2] Users can't make this layer editable? > > > > [3] Users aren't allowed make this layer not paint/paint on the layer > view. > > > > [4] Something else I haven't thought of... > > > > Also, are you looking for a programattic technique, or a configuration > > setting built into OpenJUMP? (There isn't a built-in setting that I > > know of, but we can probably help you with some code...) > > > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > > > On 8/29/06, Juliana Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Anyone knows how can I configure a Layer to be unselectable? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Juliana > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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