sos.koa
Class ViewPdf

java.lang.Object
  sos.koa.ViewPdf

class ViewPdf

extends java.lang.Object

A static class used to execute a native PDF viewer on a specific PDF file generated by the KOA application. one or more districts.

If the user wants to specify a particular PDF viewer, they should use the PdfViewer property, e.g.,

    java -DPdfViewer=my_viewer sos.koa.MenuPanel
 

Version:

$Id: ViewPdf.java,v 1.9 2004/05/04 19:51:52 martijno Exp $

Author:

Joe Kiniry (kiniry@cs.kun.nl)

Field Summary
private static java.lang.String[]	DEFAULT_PDF_VIEWERS           An ordered list of pre-defined PDF viewers.
private static java.lang.String	PDF_VIEW_PROPERTY           The command-line Java property that is used to determine a user-defined PDF previewer.

 

Constructor Summary
(package private)	ViewPdf()           This class should never be instantiated.

 

Method Summary
static void	main(java.lang.String[] some_args)           A test routine.
(package private) static void	showPdf(non_null java.io.File a_pdf_file)           Display in a PDF viewer the specified file.

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

 

Field Detail

PDF_VIEW_PROPERTY

private static final java.lang.String PDF_VIEW_PROPERTY

The command-line Java property that is used to determine a user-defined PDF previewer.

DEFAULT_PDF_VIEWERS

private static final java.lang.String[] DEFAULT_PDF_VIEWERS

An ordered list of pre-defined PDF viewers. The order is based upon some combination of the capability and likelihood of each viewer being installed.

Specifications: non_null

ViewPdf

ViewPdf()

This class should never be instantiated.

showPdf

static void showPdf(non_null java.io.File a_pdf_file)
             throws java.io.IOException

Display in a PDF viewer the specified file. If the file does not exist, is not readable, etc., then this method will simply return.

Parameters:

a_pdf_file - the file to show to the user.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if something goes seriously wrong while reading the specified PDF file.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] some_args)

A test routine. Will show the specified files, or if no files are specified, the file "./samples/KOA_rapport.pdf"

Parameters:

some_args - a list of PDF files to preview.