source: sasview/calculatorview/perspectives/calculator/calculator.py @ 2f189dc

"""
This software was developed by the University of Tennessee as part of the
Distributed Data Analysis of Neutron Scattering Experiments (DANSE)
project funded by the US National Science Foundation. 

See the license text in license.txt

copyright 2010, University of Tennessee
"""

import wx
import logging

class Plugin:
    """
        This class defines the interface for a Plugin class
        for calculator perspective
    """
    
    def __init__(self, standalone=True):
        """
            Abstract class for gui_manager Plugins.
        """
        ## Plug-in name. It will appear on the application menu.
        self.sub_menu = "Calculator"        
        
        ## Reference to the parent window. Filled by get_panels() below.
        self.parent = None
        
        ## List of panels that you would like to open in AUI windows
        #  for your plug-in. This defines your plug-in "perspective"
        self.perspective = []
        # Log startup
        logging.info("Calculator plug-in started")   
        
    def populate_menu(self, id, owner):
        """
            Create and return the list of application menu
            items for the plug-in. 
            
            @param id: deprecated. Un-used.
            @param parent: parent window
            @return: plug-in menu
        """
        return []
      
    def get_panels(self, parent):
        """
            Create and return the list of wx.Panels for your plug-in.
            Define the plug-in perspective.
            
            Panels should inherit from DefaultPanel defined below,
            or should present the same interface. They must define
            "window_caption" and "window_name".
            
            @param parent: parent window
            @return: list of panels
        """
        ## Save a reference to the parent
        self.parent = parent
       
        return []
       
    
    def help(self, evt):
        """
            Show a general help dialog. 
            TODO: replace the text with a nice image
            provide more hint on the SLD calculator
        """
        from help_panel import  HelpWindow
        frame = HelpWindow(None, -1)    
        frame.Show(True)
      
    def get_context_menu(self, graph=None):
        """
            This method is optional.
        
            When the context menu of a plot is rendered, the 
            get_context_menu method will be called to give you a 
            chance to add a menu item to the context menu.
            
            A ref to a Graph object is passed so that you can
            investigate the plot content and decide whether you
            need to add items to the context menu.  
            
            This method returns a list of menu items.
            Each item is itself a list defining the text to 
            appear in the menu, a tool-tip help text, and a
            call-back method.
            
            @param graph: the Graph object to which we attach the context menu
            @return: a list of menu items with call-back function
        """
        return []    
    
    def get_perspective(self):
        """
            Get the list of panel names for this perspective
        """
        return self.perspective
        
    
    def get_tools(self):
        """
            Returns a set of menu entries for tools
        """
        id = wx.NewId()
        sld_help = "Provides computation related to Scattering Length density"
        return [("SLD Calculator", sld_help, self.on_calculate_sld)]
              
    def on_calculate_sld(self, event):
        """
            Compute the scattering length density of molecula
        """
        from sld_panel import SldWindow
        frame = SldWindow(base=self.parent)
        frame.Show(True) 
      
        
    def on_perspective(self, event):
        """
            Call back function for the perspective menu item.
            We notify the parent window that the perspective
            has changed.
            @param event: menu event
        """
        self.parent.set_perspective(self.perspective)
       
    
    def post_init(self):
        """
            Post initialization call back to close the loose ends
        """
        pass