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HelpCallBacks.writeAttrib

handle an attribute change while displaying a help page

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

void writeAttrib( Object data, int attrib ) throws MapleException

Parameters

data

-

arbitrary data that was passed into the getHelp call

attrib

-

new attribute

Description

• 

writeAttrib is a member function of the com.maplesoft.openmaple.HelpCallBacks interface.  It is called when special formatting is expected for the following characters.  The given attribute should be used until the next call to writeAttrib.

• 

The following exports of HelpCallBacks are the possible values for attrib.

  

MAPLE\_ATTRIB\_NORMAL is used to indicate that the following characters should be displayed normally.

  

MAPLE\_ATTRIB\_BOLD is used to indicate that the following characters should be displayed boldfaced.

  

MAPLE\_ATTRIB\_ITAL is used to indicate that the following characters should be displayed in italics.

  

MAPLE\_ATTRIB\_UNDER is used to indicate that the following characters should be displayed underlined.

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If writeAttrib returns true the rendering of the help page is terminated.

Examples

import com.maplesoft.openmaple.*;

import com.maplesoft.externalcall.MapleException;

class Example

{

    static private class CallBacks implements HelpCallBacks

    {

    int currentAttrib;

    StringBuffer sBuf;

    int lineNum;

    CallBacks()

    {

        currentAttrib = MAPLE_ATTRIB_NORMAL;

        sBuf = new StringBuffer( 100 );

        lineNum = 1;

    }

    public boolean writeChar( Object data, int c )

    {

        if ( c == 'n' )

        {

        System.out.print( lineNum + " " );

        System.out.println( sBuf.toString() );

        sBuf.delete( 0, sBuf.length() );

        lineNum++;

        }

        else

        {

        sBuf.append( (char)c );

        }

        return false;

    }

    public boolean writeAttrib( Object data, int attrib )

    {

        if ( currentAttrib != attrib )

        {

        switch ( currentAttrib )

        {

            case MAPLE_ATTRIB_BOLD:

            sBuf.append( "</B>" );

            break;

            case MAPLE_ATTRIB_ITAL:

            sBuf.append( "</I>" );

            break;

            case MAPLE_ATTRIB_UNDER:

            sBuf.append( "</U>" );

            break;

        }

        currentAttrib = attrib;

        switch ( currentAttrib )

        {

            case MAPLE_ATTRIB_BOLD:

            sBuf.append( "<B>" );

            break;

            case MAPLE_ATTRIB_ITAL:

            sBuf.append( "<I>" );

            break;

            case MAPLE_ATTRIB_UNDER:

            sBuf.append( "<U>" );

            break;

        }

        }

        return false;

    }

    }

    public static void main( String notused[] ) throws MapleException

    {

    String mapleArgs[];

    Engine engine;

    mapleArgs = new String[1];

    mapleArgs[0] = "java";

    engine = new Engine( mapleArgs, new EngineCallBacksDefault(),

        null, null );

    engine.getHelp( "colon",

        engine.MAPLE_HELP_ALL, new CallBacks(), 70, null );

    }

}

Executing this code produces the following output.

1 <B>Statement Separators</B>

2

3 <B>Description</B>

4 - The statement separators in Maple are semicolon (;) and colon (:).

5

6 - The semicolon is the normal statement separator.

7

8 - In an interactive Maple session, the result of the statement will

9   not be displayed if the statement is terminated with a colon.

10

11 - The two statement separators (semicolon and colon) are equivalent in

12   the case of statements nested one or more levels (inside if

13   -statements, do-statements, or procedures).

14

15 Important: When exporting a worksheet as Maple Input, your worksheet

16 must contain explicit semicolons and not auto-inserted ones. The

17 resulting exported .mpl file will not run in Command-line Maple with

18 auto-inserted semicolons.

19

20

21 <B>Examples</B>

22 > one := 0+1:

23 > two := one+1;

24

25                                <I>two</I> := 2

26

27

28 <B>See Also </B>

29 <U>worksheet,managing,exportMapleInput</U>, <U>statement</U>

30

See Also

OpenMaple

OpenMaple/Java/Engine

OpenMaple/Java/Engine/getHelp

OpenMaple/Java/HelpCallBacks

OpenMaple/Java/HelpCallBacksDefault

OpenMaple/Java/HelpCallBacksDefault/writeAttrib