## org.gjt.sp.jedit
Class ActionSet

    java.lang.Object
      org.gjt.sp.jedit.ActionSet

public class ActionSet
extends java.lang.Object

A set of actions, either loaded from an XML file, or constructed at runtime by a plugin.

### Action sets loaded from XML files

Action sets are read from these files inside the plugin JAR:

- `actions.xml` - actions made available for use in jEdit views, including the view's Plugins menu, the tool bar, etc.
- `browser.actions.xml` - actions for the file system browser's Plugins menu.

An action definition file has the following form:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <!DOCTYPE ACTIONS SYSTEM "actions.dtd">
    <ACTIONS>
        <ACTION NAME="some-action">
            <CODE>
                // BeanShell code evaluated when the action is invoked
            </CODE>
        </ACTION>
        <ACTION NAME="some-toggle-action">
            <CODE>
                // BeanShell code evaluated when the action is invoked
            </CODE>
            <IS_SELECTED>
                // BeanShell code that should evaluate to true or false
            </IS_SELECTED>
        </ACTION>
    </ACTIONS>

The following elements are valid:

- `ACTIONS` is the top-level element and refers to the set of actions used by the plugin.
- An `ACTION` contains the data for a particular action. It has three attributes: a required `NAME`; an optional `NO_REPEAT`, which is a flag indicating whether the action should not be repeated with the C+ENTER command; and an optional `NO_RECORD` which is a a flag indicating whether the action should be recorded if it is invoked while the user is recording a macro. The two flag attributes can have two possible values, "TRUE" or "FALSE". In both cases, "FALSE" is the default if the attribute is not specified.
- An `ACTION` can have two child elements within it: a required `CODE` element which specifies the BeanShell code that will be executed when the action is invoked, and an optional `IS_SELECTED` element, used for checkbox menu items. The `IS_SELECTED` element contains BeanShell code that returns a boolean flag that will determine the state of the checkbox.

Each action must have a property `name.label` containing the action's menu item label.

### View actions

Actions defined in `actions.xml` can be added to the view's Plugins menu; see `EditPlugin`. The action code may use any standard predefined BeanShell variable; see `BeanShell`.

### File system browser actions

Actions defined in `actions.xml` can be added to the file system browser's Plugins menu; see `EditPlugin`. The action code may use any standard predefined BeanShell variable, in addition to a variable `browser` which contains a reference to the current `VFSBrowser` instance.

File system browser actions should not define `<IS_SELECTED>` blocks.

### Custom action sets

Call `jEdit.addActionSet(ActionSet)` to add a custom action set to jEdit's action context. You must also call `initKeyBindings()` for new action sets. Don't forget to call `jEdit.removeActionSet(ActionSet)` before your plugin is unloaded, too.

Since:
  jEdit 4.0pre1
Version:
  $Id: ActionSet.java,v 1.31 2004/07/12 19:25:07 spestov Exp $
Author:
  Slava Pestov, John Gellene (API documentation)
See Also:
  `jEdit.getActionContext()`, `VFSBrowser.getActionContext()`, `ActionContext.getActionNames()`, `ActionContext.getAction(String)`, `jEdit.addActionSet(ActionSet)`, `jEdit.removeActionSet(ActionSet)`, `PluginJAR.getActionSet()`, `BeanShell`, `View`

Constructor Summary
`ActionSet()` Creates a new action set.
`ActionSet(PluginJAR plugin, java.lang.String[] cachedActionNames, boolean[] cachedActionToggleFlags, java.net.URL uri)` Creates a new action set.
`ActionSet(java.lang.String label)` Creates a new action set.

Method Summary
`void` `addAction(EditAction action)` Adds an action to the action set.
`boolean` `contains(java.lang.String action)` Returns if this action set contains the specified action.
`EditAction` `getAction(java.lang.String name)` Returns an action with the specified name.
`int` `getActionCount()` Returns the number of actions in the set.
`java.lang.String[]` `getActionNames()` Returns an array of all action names in this action set.
`EditAction[]` `getActions()` Returns an array of all actions in this action set.
`java.lang.String[]` `getCacheableActionNames()` Returns an array of all action names in this action set that should be cached; namely, `BeanShellAction`s.
`java.lang.String` `getLabel()` Return the action source label.
`PluginJAR` `getPluginJAR()` Return the plugin this action set was loaded from, or null.
`void` `initKeyBindings()` Initializes the action set's key bindings.
`void` `load()` Forces the action set to be loaded.
`void` `removeAction(java.lang.String name)` Removes an action from the action set.
`void` `removeAllActions()` Removes all actions from the action set.
`void` `setLabel(java.lang.String label)` Sets the action source label.
`int` `size()` Returns the number of actions in this action set.
`java.lang.String` `toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### ActionSet

    public ActionSet()

  Creates a new action set.

Since:
  jEdit 4.0pre1

### ActionSet

    public ActionSet(PluginJAR plugin,
                     java.lang.String[] cachedActionNames,
                     boolean[] cachedActionToggleFlags,
                     java.net.URL uri)

  Creates a new action set.

Parameters:
  `plugin` - The plugin
  `cachedActionNames` - The list of cached action names
  `cachedActionToggleFlags` - The list of cached action toggle flags
  `uri` - The actions.xml URI
Since:
  jEdit 4.2pre2

### ActionSet

    public ActionSet(java.lang.String label)

  Creates a new action set.

Parameters:
  `label` - The label, shown in the shortcuts option pane
Since:
  jEdit 4.0pre1

Method Detail

### getLabel

    public java.lang.String getLabel()

  Return the action source label.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### setLabel

    public void setLabel(java.lang.String label)

  Sets the action source label.

  Parameters:
    `label` - The label
  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### getPluginJAR

    public PluginJAR getPluginJAR()

  Return the plugin this action set was loaded from, or null.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.2pre13

### addAction

    public void addAction(EditAction action)

  Adds an action to the action set.

  Parameters:
    `action` - The action
  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### removeAction

    public void removeAction(java.lang.String name)

  Removes an action from the action set.

  Parameters:
    `name` - The action name
  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### removeAllActions

    public void removeAllActions()

  Removes all actions from the action set.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### getAction

    public EditAction getAction(java.lang.String name)

  Returns an action with the specified name.

  Deferred loading: this will load the action set if necessary.

  Parameters:
    `name` - The action name
  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### getActionCount

    public int getActionCount()

  Returns the number of actions in the set.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### getActionNames

    public java.lang.String[] getActionNames()

  Returns an array of all action names in this action set.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.2pre1

### getCacheableActionNames

    public java.lang.String[] getCacheableActionNames()

  Returns an array of all action names in this action set that should be cached; namely, `BeanShellAction`s.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.2pre1

### getActions

    public EditAction[] getActions()

  Returns an array of all actions in this action set.

  Deferred loading: this will load the action set if necessary.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.0pre1

### contains

    public boolean contains(java.lang.String action)

  Returns if this action set contains the specified action.

  Parameters:
    `action` - The action
  Since:
    jEdit 4.2pre1

### size

    public int size()

  Returns the number of actions in this action set.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.2pre2

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

### initKeyBindings

    public void initKeyBindings()

  Initializes the action set's key bindings. jEdit calls this method for all registered action sets when the user changes key bindings in the Global Options dialog box.

  Note if your plugin adds a custom action set to jEdit's collection, it must also call this method on the action set after adding it.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.2pre1

### load

    public void load()

  Forces the action set to be loaded. Plugins and macros should not call this method.

  Since:
    jEdit 4.2pre1