Serialized Form

Class com.objectplanet.HNewsTicker extends Ticker implements Serializable

Serialized Fields

space

int space

The space between the news items.

newsHeight

int newsHeight

The height of the news text.

Class com.objectplanet.NewsTicker extends Ticker implements Serializable

Serialized Fields

header

java.lang.String header

The header of the news ticker is displayed at the top and does not scroll.

headerFont

java.awt.Font headerFont

The header font.

headerColor

java.awt.Color headerColor

The color of the header font.

headerAlignment

int headerAlignment

The alignment of the header.

wrapSpace

int wrapSpace

Space between the last item and where the first one starts again.

Class com.objectplanet.Ticker extends java.applet.Applet implements Serializable

Serialized Fields

focusColor

java.awt.Color focusColor

The color used for a focused news body.

target

java.lang.String target

The name of the target window where the news item is opened.

newsXMLTag

java.lang.String newsXMLTag

The news item tag.

newsXMLTagEnd

java.lang.String newsXMLTagEnd

newsHeaderXMLTag

java.lang.String newsHeaderXMLTag

The news header tag.

newsHeaderXMLTagEnd

java.lang.String newsHeaderXMLTagEnd

newsBodyXMLTag

java.lang.String newsBodyXMLTag

The news body tag.

newsBodyXMLTagEnd

java.lang.String newsBodyXMLTagEnd

newsLinkXMLTag

java.lang.String newsLinkXMLTag

The news link tag.

newsLinkXMLTagEnd

java.lang.String newsLinkXMLTagEnd

border

int border

The border style.

borderColor

java.awt.Color borderColor

newsHeaderFont

java.awt.Font newsHeaderFont

The font of the news header. The news header is a header for each news item, such as a date or title.

newsHeaderColor

java.awt.Color newsHeaderColor

The color of the news header.

newsFont

java.awt.Font newsFont

The font used for the news item.

newsColor

java.awt.Color newsColor

The color used for the news body text.

scrollSpeed

int scrollSpeed

The scrolling speed.

newsUrl

java.lang.String newsUrl

The URL where the news are read from.

dataInterval

int dataInterval

This is the data interval time in seconds.

newsItems

java.util.Vector newsItems

Contains any array of three strings for each news item. The first entry is the header, second is body, and third is link.

vertOffset

int vertOffset

The offset position where the news should be painted. Used when scrolling the news items vertically.

horzOffset

int horzOffset

The offset position where the news should be painted. Used when scrolling the news items horizontally.

offscreen

java.awt.Image offscreen

Paint everything on an offscreen image to avoid flicker.

mousePosition

java.awt.Point mousePosition

Keeps track of the mouse position.

lastXPos

int lastXPos

Used to check where the user last clicked so we can calculate how much to scroll the offset. Used when scrolling horizontally.

lastYPos

int lastYPos

Used to check where the user last clicked so we can calculate how much to scroll the offset. Used when scrolling vertically.

mousePressX

int mousePressX

The x position of the point where the mouse was pressed. Used to not follow links after the ticker was scrolled by user.

mousePressY

int mousePressY

The y position of the point where the mouse was pressed. Used to not follow links after the ticker was scrolled by user.

mousePressed

boolean mousePressed

True when the mouse is pressed down.

firstStarted

boolean firstStarted

When the applet first starts, the scrolling does not start at once.

linkPositions

java.util.Vector linkPositions

We keep the position of news bodies so we can select it with the mouse.

focusIndex

int focusIndex

The index of the focused news item.

pauseOnMouseOver

boolean pauseOnMouseOver

True if the scrolling should pause when the mouse is over the news.

pauseBetweenNews

int pauseBetweenNews

Number of seconds to wait before scrolling to next news.

waitNextNews

boolean waitNextNews

This is set to true when the scrolling should pause before showing the next news.

paused

boolean paused

True if the ticker scrolling is paused.

headerHeight

int headerHeight

The header height.

backgroundImage

java.awt.Image backgroundImage

The background image.

CURSOR_DEFAULT

java.lang.Object CURSOR_DEFAULT

The different cursors used (default and one for a link).

CURSOR_LINK

java.lang.Object CURSOR_LINK

currentCursor

java.lang.Object currentCursor

dataIntervalThread

java.lang.Thread dataIntervalThread

This is the data interval loader thread.

scrollThread

java.lang.Thread scrollThread

This is the scroll thread.

parserError

java.lang.String parserError

The parsing error message is anything fails.