org.browsecode.helpers
Class ProgramInfo

java.lang.Object
  org.browsecode.helpers.ProgramInfo

public abstract class ProgramInfo
extends java.lang.Object

Information about a program, for debugging and sending error messages. Also for getting the current program's homepage and other info.

Field Summary

protected java.util.Date	latestVersionDate
protected java.lang.String	latestVersionString Checks a website for the latest known version.
static java.text.SimpleDateFormat	VersionDateFormat

Constructor Summary

ProgramInfo()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	getHomepage()
abstract java.lang.String	getHomepageCurrentVersion()
abstract java.lang.String	getHomepageDownloadPage()
java.lang.String	getLatestVersion()
java.util.Date	getLatestVersionDate()
static ProgramInfo	getProgramInfo() Get the current active ProgramInfo.
static java.text.SimpleDateFormat	getVersionDateFormat()
static void	setProgramInfo(ProgramInfo theProgramInfo) Register the current instantiation of ProgramInfo with this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

latestVersionString

protected java.lang.String latestVersionString

Checks a website for the latest known version. Will return null if the latest version is unknown (i.e. if network is unavailable, etc.).

latestVersionDate

protected java.util.Date latestVersionDate

VersionDateFormat

public static java.text.SimpleDateFormat VersionDateFormat

Constructor Detail

ProgramInfo

public ProgramInfo()

Method Detail

getProgramInfo

public static ProgramInfo getProgramInfo()

Get the current active ProgramInfo. This could be null, but it is highly recommended to assume it's non-null, and to fix all those locations that refer to it where it's null -- the point is to create a new one on startup, and use that for the life of the program.

setProgramInfo

public static void setProgramInfo(ProgramInfo theProgramInfo)

Register the current instantiation of ProgramInfo with this class.

Parameters:

programInfo -

getHomepage

public abstract java.lang.String getHomepage()

getHomepageCurrentVersion

public abstract java.lang.String getHomepageCurrentVersion()

getHomepageDownloadPage

public abstract java.lang.String getHomepageDownloadPage()

getLatestVersion

public java.lang.String getLatestVersion()

getLatestVersionDate

public java.util.Date getLatestVersionDate()

getVersionDateFormat

public static java.text.SimpleDateFormat getVersionDateFormat()