Introduction to the Context Menu API

The goal of this quickstart is to introduce you to the the context menu api, so you will be able to add context menu extensions in your IGB Apps. 

What is a context menu?

"A context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and popup or pop-up menu) is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation. A context menu offers a limited set of choices that are available in the current state, or context, of the operating system or application. Usually the available choices are actions related to the selected object."

Example Context Menu on OS X 10.9

IGB Context Menu

Design

Interface

package org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu;
import java.util.Optional;
import org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.model.AnnotationContextEvent;
import org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.model.ContextMenuItem;

/**
 *
 * @author dcnorris
 */
public interface AnnotationContextMenuProvider {
    public Optional<ContextMenuItem> buildMenuItem(AnnotationContextEvent event);
    public MenuSection getMenuSection();
}

Data Model

AnnotationContextEvent

package org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.model;
import com.affymetrix.genometry.symmetry.impl.SeqSymmetry;
import java.util.List;
/**
 *
 * @author dcnorris
 */
public class AnnotationContextEvent {
    private final List<SeqSymmetry> selectedItems;
    public AnnotationContextEvent(List<SeqSymmetry> selectedItems) {
        this.selectedItems = selectedItems;
    }
    public List<SeqSymmetry> getSelectedItems() {
        return selectedItems;
    }
}

ContextMenuItem

package org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.api.quickstart;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.component.Component;
import java.util.Optional;
import org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.AnnotationContextMenuProvider;
import org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.MenuSection;
import org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.model.AnnotationContextEvent;
import org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.model.ContextMenuItem;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
/**
 *
 * @author dcnorris
 */
@Component(immediate = true)
public class ContextMenuExtension implements AnnotationContextMenuProvider {
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ContextMenuExtension.class);
    @Override
    public Optional<ContextMenuItem> buildMenuItem(AnnotationContextEvent event) {
        ContextMenuItem contextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Log Selection ids", (Void t) -> {
            event.getSelectedItems().stream().map(selectedSym -> selectedSym.getID()).forEach(logger::info);
            return t;
        });
        return Optional.ofNullable(contextMenuItem);
    }
    @Override
    public MenuSection getMenuSection() {
        return MenuSection.INFORMATION;
    }
}

MenuIcon

package org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu.model;
import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
/**
 *
 * @author dcnorris
 */
public class MenuIcon {
    private String encodedImage;
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MenuIcon.class);
    public MenuIcon(InputStream resourceAsStream) {
        try {
            encodedImage = BaseEncoding.base64().encode(IOUtils.toByteArray(resourceAsStream));
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            logger.error(ex.getMessage(), ex);
        }
    }
    public byte[] getEncodedImage() {
        return BaseEncoding.base64().decode(encodedImage);
    }
}

MenuSection

package org.lorainelab.igb.context.menu;
/**
 *
 * @author dcnorris
 */
public enum MenuSection {
    INFORMATION, SEQUENCE, APP, UI_ACTION;
}

Context Menu Sections