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Display a Wait-Cursor while the data is being fetched and displayed on the Map

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Summary

Instructions provided describe how to display a custom Wait-Cursor, such as hour-glass, while data is being accessed and displayed in a Map component.

Procedure

Create a custom DisplayListener and override the start and finish methods. The start method should include a call to aMap.setWaiting(true) when a display event starts, such as redraw, change the Map extent, and set a layer's visibility. The finish method should include a call to aMap.setWaiting(false) when the display event finishes.

  1. Instantiate a DisplayListener object and override its start and finish methods as follows:

    Code:
    public class CursorTest extends JFrame{

    private Map map1;
    private Layer layer1;
    private JPanel contentPane;
    JSplitPane jSplitPane1 = new JSplitPane();
    BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout();
    ZoomPanToolBar zoomPanToolBar1 = new ZoomPanToolBar();
    Toc toc1 = new Toc();
    DisplayListener dl;

    public CursorTest() {

    dl = new DisplayAdapter(){

    public void start(DisplayEvent e) {

    map1.setWaiting(true);
    }

    public void finish(DisplayEvent e) {

    map1.setWaiting(false);

    }
    };
    ...


    Note:
    Do not create the DisplayListener object as a local variable or with a weak reference; otherwise, listener instances may be garbage-collected immediately.

  2. Set a custom Wait-Cursor for the Map.

    Code:

    map1.setWaitingCursor(java.awt.Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(java.awt.Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));


    Note:
    Call this method only if displaying a custom cursor. WAIT_CURSOR (hour-glass) will be selected by default.

  3. Add the DisplayListener object to the Map.

    Code:

    map1.addDisplayListener(dl);

Article ID:000005878

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