RobobuggyGUIContainer.java

package com.roboclub.robobuggy.ui;

import javax.swing.JPanel;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * The JFrame container for the GUI
 */
public class RobobuggyGUIContainer extends JPanel {
    /**
     *
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7096009898048816618L;
    /****************************
     * internal variables
     **********************************/
    private ArrayList<ComponentData> components = new ArrayList<ComponentData>();
    protected String name = "unknown";
    private int thisComponentWidth = 0;            //how wide in pixels that the component should be drawn as
    private int thisComponentHeight = 0;        //how tall in pixels that the component should be drawn as


    /***************************
     * class public methods
     *********************************/


    public void updateSizing() {
        int frameWidth = this.getWidth();
        int frameHeight = this.getHeight();
        for (int i = 0; i < components.size(); i++) {
            ComponentData thisComponet = components.get(i);
            //calculate the size of the subcomponent
            int subComponetX = (int) (thisComponet.getPercentageLeft() * frameWidth);
            int subComponetY = (int) (thisComponet.getPercentageTop() * frameHeight);
            int subComponentWidth = (int) (thisComponet.getPercentageWidth() * frameWidth);
            int subComponentHeight = (int) (thisComponet.getPercentageHeight() * frameHeight);
            //actually set the size bound

            //Is the spelling supposed to be this way?
            thisComponet.getComponent().setBounds(subComponetX, subComponetY, subComponentWidth, subComponentHeight);

            // we don't know if the component is a robobuggy container or a primitive component,
            // if it is a primitive then we are finished otherwise we need to recursively apply the size change
            if (thisComponet.getComponent() instanceof RobobuggyGUIContainer) {
                RobobuggyGUIContainer rbGuicontainer = (RobobuggyGUIContainer) thisComponet.getComponent();
                rbGuicontainer.updateSizing();
            }
        }

    }

    /**
     * Adds a component to the screen, with percentages as to where it is on screen
     *
     * @param newComponent     the component to add
     * @param percentageLeft   the percentage from the left
     * @param percentageTop    the percentage from the top
     * @param percentageWidth  the percentage of the frame for the width
     * @param percentageHeight the percentage of the frame for the height
     */
    public void addComponent(Component newComponent, double percentageLeft, double percentageTop, double percentageWidth, double percentageHeight) {
        //create a container for keeping track of this components data
        ComponentData thisComponent = new ComponentData(newComponent,
                percentageLeft,
                percentageTop,
                percentageWidth,
                percentageHeight);
        components.add(thisComponent);
        add(newComponent);
        this.repaint();
        PercentileLayoutManger t = new PercentileLayoutManger(components);
        this.setLayout(t);
    }

}