Re: [JPP-Devel] A couple questions about Blackboard objects...

2006-09-12 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Larry, Thanks for the quick response. That was very helpful. I'll take a closer look at that XML file. I took a look at the Javadoc for both the PlugInContext and the WorkbenchContext classes. It appears as though the WorkbenchContext allows access to the main elements of OpenJUMP's GUI, while th

Re: [JPP-Devel] A couple questions about Blackboard objects...

2006-09-12 Thread Larry Becker
Hi Sunburned,   The Workbench blackboard is serialized as workbench-state.xml.  Layer blackboards are not serialized.  PlugInContext is a "snapshot", whereas WorkbenchContext is "current" e.g., thecurrently active window regards,LarryOn 9/12/06, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've ha

[JPP-Devel] A couple questions about Blackboard objects...

2006-09-12 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
I've had some more time to work with the CursorTool code, and I have a couple questions about Blackboard objects that came up. I was hoping you guys might be able to help me out. [1] Both the JUMPWorkbench and WorkbenchContect classes define a getBlackboard() method. (The WorkbenchContext version