<Swing Dev> Reinitializing an Applet

[Pavel Porvatov]

Hi Johannes,

It's hard to imagine what methods (like mEmbed.dispose()) do. Could you 
please provide a small test that can be run and which shows the problem?

Thanks, Pavel

> Hello,
>
> I want to reinitialize an applet inside a JPanel (the view/class extends
> JPanel). For example, I have the following method:
>
>      /**
>       * {@inheritDoc}
>       */
>      @Override
>      public void refreshInit() {
>          mDB = mNotifier.getGUI().getReadDB();
>          boolean firstInit = mEmbed == null ? true : false;
>
>          // Create instance of processing innerclass.
>          if (!firstInit) {
>              mEmbed.dispose();
>          }
>          mEmbed = new Embedded(this, mNotifier);
>          if (firstInit) {
>              add(mEmbed);
>          } else {
>              revalidate();
>              repaint();
>          }
>          /*
>           * Important to call this whenever embedding a PApplet.
>           * It ensures that the animation thread is started and
>           * that other internal variables are properly set.
>           */
>          mEmbed.init();
>          mEmbed.refreshInit();
>      }
>
> mEmbed is an instance of a inner class which extends PApplet, the
> processing core-class which itself extends Applet.
>
> The thing is it doesn't reinitialize the new applet somehow properly and
> the JMenuBar of the parent frame is greyed out but can be used nontheless.
>
> The following code worked for extending JScrollPane:
>
>      /**
>       * {@inheritDoc}
>       */
>      @Override
>      public void refreshInit() {
>          mDB = mNotifier.getGUI().getReadDB();
>
>          if (mEmbed != null) {
>              mEmbed.mControl.getGUIInstance().mParent.dispose();
>              mEmbed.mControl.getGUIInstance().resetGUI();
>              mEmbed.mControl.resetControl();
>              mEmbed.mEmbeddedView.resetEmbedded();
>              mEmbed.mEmbeddedView = null;
>              // mEmbed.dispose();
>              mEmbed = null;
>          }
>
>          // Create instance of processing innerclass.
>          mEmbed = new Embedded(this, mNotifier);
>          setViewportView(mEmbed);
>          /*
>           * Important to call this whenever embedding a PApplet.
>           * It ensures that the animation thread is started and
>           * that other internal variables are properly set.
>           */
>          mEmbed.init();
>          mEmbed.refreshInit();
>      }
>
> kind regards,
> Johannes