JSON::Editor::MainWindow

The editor main window

Public Class Methods

new(encoding) click to toggle source

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1050
def initialize(encoding)
  @changed  = false
  @encoding = encoding
  super(TOPLEVEL)
  display_title
  set_default_size(800, 600)
  signal_connect(:delete_event) { quit }

  vbox = VBox.new(false, 0)
  add(vbox)
  #vbox.border_width = 0

  @treeview = JSONTreeView.new(self)
  @treeview.signal_connect(:'cursor-changed') do
    display_status('')
  end

  menu_bar = create_menu_bar
  vbox.pack_start(menu_bar, false, false, 0)

  sw = ScrolledWindow.new(nil, nil)
  sw.shadow_type = SHADOW_ETCHED_IN
  sw.set_policy(POLICY_AUTOMATIC, POLICY_AUTOMATIC)
  vbox.pack_start(sw, true, true, 0)
  sw.add(@treeview)

  @status_bar = Statusbar.new
  vbox.pack_start(@status_bar, false, false, 0)

  @filename ||= nil
  if @filename
    data = read_data(@filename)
    view_new_model Editor.data2model(data)
  end

  signal_connect(:button_release_event) do |_,event|
    if event.button == 2
      c = Gtk::Clipboard.get(Gdk::Selection::PRIMARY)
      if url = c.wait_for_text
        location_open url
      end
      false
    else
      true
    end
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

ask_for_location() click to toggle source

Ask for location URI a to load data from. Returns the URI as a string.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1320
def ask_for_location
  dialog = Dialog.new(
    "Load data from location...",
    nil, nil,
    [ Stock::OK, Dialog::RESPONSE_ACCEPT ],
    [ Stock::CANCEL, Dialog::RESPONSE_REJECT ]
  )
  hbox = HBox.new(false, 5)

  hbox.pack_start(Label.new("Location:"), false)
  hbox.pack_start(location_input = Entry.new)
  location_input.width_chars = 60
  location_input.text = @location || ''

  dialog.vbox.pack_start(hbox, false)

  dialog.signal_connect(:'key-press-event', &DEFAULT_DIALOG_KEY_PRESS_HANDLER)
  dialog.show_all
  dialog.run do |response| 
    if response == Dialog::RESPONSE_ACCEPT
      return @location = location_input.text
    end
  end
  return
ensure
  dialog.destroy if dialog
end

ask_save() click to toggle source

Opens a dialog, asking, if changes should be saved to a file.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1141
def ask_save
  if Editor.question_dialog(self,
    "Unsaved changes to JSON model. Save?")
    if @filename
      file_save
    else
      file_save_as
    end
  end
end

change() click to toggle source

Sets editor status to changed, to indicate that the edited data containts unsaved changes.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1112
def change
  @changed = true
  display_title
end

clear() click to toggle source

Clear the current model, after asking to save all unsaved changes.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1171
def clear
  ask_save if @changed
  @filename = nil
  self.view_new_model nil
end

create_menu_bar() click to toggle source

Creates the menu bar with the pulldown menus and returns it.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1099
def create_menu_bar
  menu_bar = MenuBar.new
  @file_menu = FileMenu.new(@treeview)
  menu_bar.append @file_menu.create
  @edit_menu = EditMenu.new(@treeview)
  menu_bar.append @edit_menu.create
  @options_menu = OptionsMenu.new(@treeview)
  menu_bar.append @options_menu.create
  menu_bar
end

display_status(text) click to toggle source

Displays text in the status bar.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1133
def display_status(text)
  @cid ||= nil
  @status_bar.pop(@cid) if @cid
  @cid = @status_bar.get_context_id('dummy')
  @status_bar.push(@cid, text)
end

display_title() click to toggle source

Display the new title according to the editor’s current state.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1163
def display_title
  title = TITLE.dup
  title << ": #@filename" if @filename
  title << " *" if @changed
  self.title = title
end

edit(json) click to toggle source

Edit the string json in the editor.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1202
def edit(json)
  if json.respond_to? :read
    json = json.read
  end
  data = parse_json json
  view_new_model Editor.data2model(data)
end

file_open(filename = nil) click to toggle source

Open the file filename or call the select_file method to ask for a filename.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1195
def file_open(filename = nil)
  filename = select_file('Open as a JSON file') unless filename
  data = load_file(filename) or return
  view_new_model Editor.data2model(data)
end

file_save() click to toggle source

Save the current file.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1211
def file_save
  if @filename
    store_file(@filename)
  else
    file_save_as
  end
end

file_save_as() click to toggle source

Save the current file as the filename

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1220
def file_save_as
  filename = select_file('Save as a JSON file')
  store_file(filename)
end

load_file(filename) click to toggle source

Load the file named filename into the editor as a JSON document.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1247
def load_file(filename)
  if filename
    if File.directory?(filename)
      Editor.error_dialog(self, "Try to select a JSON file!")
      nil
    else
      @filename = filename
      if data = read_data(filename)
        toplevel.display_status("Loaded data from '#@filename'.")
      end
      display_title
      data
    end
  end
end

load_location(uri) click to toggle source

Load the data at location uri into the editor as a JSON document.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1264
def load_location(uri)
  data = read_data(uri) or return
  @filename = nil
  toplevel.display_status("Loaded data from '#{uri}'.")
  display_title
  data
end

location_open(uri = nil) click to toggle source

Open the data at the location uri, if given. Otherwise open a dialog to ask for the uri.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1185
def location_open(uri = nil)
  uri = ask_for_location unless uri
  uri or return
  ask_save if @changed
  data = load_location(uri) or return
  view_new_model Editor.data2model(data)
end

quit() click to toggle source

Quit this editor, that is, leave this editor’s main loop.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1153
def quit
  ask_save if @changed
  if Gtk.main_level > 0
    destroy
    Gtk.main_quit
  end
  nil
end

read_data(filename) click to toggle source

Read a JSON document from the file named filename, parse it into a ruby data structure, and return the data.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1284
def read_data(filename)
  open(filename) do |f|
    json = f.read
    return parse_json(json)
  end
rescue => e
  Editor.error_dialog(self, "Failed to parse JSON file: #{e}!")
  return
end

select_file(message) click to toggle source

Open a file selecton dialog, displaying message, and return the selected filename or nil, if no file was selected.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1296
def select_file(message)
  filename = nil
  fs = FileSelection.new(message)
  fs.set_modal(true)
  @default_dir = File.join(Dir.pwd, '') unless @default_dir
  fs.set_filename(@default_dir)
  fs.set_transient_for(self)
  fs.signal_connect(:destroy) { Gtk.main_quit }
  fs.ok_button.signal_connect(:clicked) do
    filename = fs.filename
    @default_dir = File.join(File.dirname(filename), '')
    fs.destroy
    Gtk.main_quit
  end
  fs.cancel_button.signal_connect(:clicked) do
    fs.destroy
    Gtk.main_quit
  end
  fs.show_all
  Gtk.main
  filename
end

store_file(path) click to toggle source

Store the current JSON document to path.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1226
def store_file(path)
  if path
    data = Editor.model2data(@treeview.model.iter_first)
    File.open(path + '.tmp', 'wb') do |output|
      data or break
      if @options_menu.pretty_item.active?
        output.puts JSON.pretty_generate(data, :max_nesting => false)
      else
        output.write JSON.generate(data, :max_nesting => false)
      end
    end
    File.rename path + '.tmp', path
    @filename = path
    toplevel.display_status("Saved data to '#@filename'.")
    unchange
  end
rescue SystemCallError => e
  Editor.error_dialog(self, "Failed to store JSON file: #{e}!")
end

unchange() click to toggle source

Sets editor status to unchanged, to indicate that the edited data doesn’t containt unsaved changes.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1119
def unchange
  @changed = false
  display_title
end

view_new_model(model) click to toggle source

Puts a new model model into the Gtk::TreeView to be edited.

 
               # File json/lib/json/editor.rb, line 1125
def view_new_model(model)
  @treeview.model     = model
  @treeview.expanded  = true
  @treeview.expand_all
  unchange
end

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