Method MainFrame

src/main/java/gate/gui/MainFrame.java:512–565

Construct the frame. @param gc graphics configuration used, see javax.swing.JFrame#JFrame(java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration)

(GraphicsConfiguration gc)

   *   see {@link javax.swing.JFrame#JFrame(java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration)}
   */
  private MainFrame(GraphicsConfiguration gc) {
    super(gc);
        
    // I thought this should only be needed if the method was called
    // from outside the getInstance() method, but if we don't do this
    // then the GUI never appears. We probably should figure out why.
    instance = this;

    // kick this off here so that it does any resolving of creole metadata
    // jars now rather than the first time you try and open the plugin
    // manager, which is still a bit slow
    PluginUpdateManager.loadDefaultPlugins();

    // set the WM class
    try {
      Toolkit xToolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
      java.lang.reflect.Field awtAppClassNameField =
      xToolkit.getClass().getDeclaredField("awtAppClassName");
      awtAppClassNameField.setAccessible(true);
      awtAppClassNameField.set(xToolkit, "GATE Developer " + Main.version);
    } catch(Exception e) {
      // this happens every time on Windows and Mac so hide the exception
      // unless we are debugging something
      log.debug("Could not set WM Class (note that this is normal if you " +
          "are not on an X11-based window system)", e);
    }
    
    guiRoots.add(this);
    if(fileChooser == null) {
      fileChooser = new XJFileChooser();
      fileChooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(false);
      fileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(true);
      guiRoots.add(fileChooser);

      // the JFileChooser seems to size itself better once it's been
      // added to a top level container such as a dialog.
      JDialog dialog = new JDialog(this, "", true);
      java.awt.Container contentPane = dialog.getContentPane();
      contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
      contentPane.add(fileChooser, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      dialog.pack();
      dialog.getContentPane().removeAll();
      dialog.dispose();
      dialog = null;
    }

    if(resourceReferenceChooser == null) {
      resourceReferenceChooser = new ResourceReferenceChooser();
    }
    enableEvents(AWTEvent.WINDOW_EVENT_MASK);
    initLocalData();
    initGuiComponents();
    initListeners();
  } // MainFrame(boolean simple)

  protected void initLocalData() {
    resourcesTreeRoot = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("GATE", true);