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package javafx.application;

import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javafx.application.Preloader.PreloaderNotification;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl;
import com.sun.javafx.application.ParametersImpl;
import com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl;
import com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager;

/**
 * Application class from which JavaFX applications extend.
 *
 * <p><b>Life-cycle</b></p>
 * <p>
 * The entry point for JavaFX applications is the Application class. The
 * JavaFX runtime does the following, in order, whenever an application is
 * launched:
 * </p>
 * <ol>
 * <li>Starts the JavaFX runtime, if not already started
 * (see {@link Platform#startup(Runnable)} for more information)</li>
 * <li>Constructs an instance of the specified Application class</li>
 * <li>Calls the {@link #init} method</li>
 * <li>Calls the {@link #start} method</li>
 * <li>Waits for the application to finish, which happens when either of
 * the following occur:
 * <ul>
 * <li>the application calls {@link Platform#exit}</li>
 * <li>the last window has been closed and the {@code implicitExit}
 * attribute on {@code Platform} is true</li>
 * </ul></li>
 * <li>Calls the {@link #stop} method</li>
 * </ol>
 * <p>Note that the {@code start} method is abstract and must be overridden.
 * The {@code init} and {@code stop} methods have concrete implementations
 * that do nothing.</p>
 * <p>The {@code Application} subclass must be declared public and must have a
 * public no-argument constructor.</p>
 *
 * <p>Calling {@link Platform#exit} is the preferred way to explicitly terminate
 * a JavaFX Application. Directly calling {@link System#exit} is
 * an acceptable alternative, but doesn't allow the Application {@link #stop}
 * method to run.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>A JavaFX Application should not attempt to use JavaFX after the
 * FX toolkit has terminated or from a ShutdownHook, that is, after the
 * {@link #stop} method returns or {@link System#exit} is called.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p><b>Deploying an Application as a Module</b></p>
 * <p>
 * If the {@code Application} subclass is in a named module then that class
 * must be accessible to the {@code javafx.graphics} module.
 * Otherwise, an exception will be thrown when the application is launched.
 * This means that
 * in addition to the class itself being declared public, the module must
 * {@link Module#isExported(String,Module) export}
 * (or {@link Module#isOpen(String,Module) open}) the containing package to
 * at least the {@code javafx.graphics} module.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * For example, if {@code com.foo.MyApplication} is in the {@code foo.app}
 * module, the {@code module-info.java} might look like this:
 * </p>
<pre>{@code module foo.app {
exports com.foo to javafx.graphics;
}}</pre>
*
 * <p><b>Parameters</b></p>
 * <p>
 * Application parameters are available by calling the {@link #getParameters}
 * method from the {@link #init} method, or any time after the {@code init}
 * method has been called.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p><b>Threading</b></p>
 * <p>
 * JavaFX creates an application thread for running the application start
 * method, processing input events, and running animation timelines. Creation
 * of JavaFX {@link Scene} and {@link Stage} objects as well as modification of
 * scene graph operations to <em>live</em> objects (those objects already
 * attached to a scene) must be done on the JavaFX application thread.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * The Java launcher loads and initializes the specified Application class
 * on the JavaFX Application Thread. If there is no main method in the
 * Application class, or if the main method calls Application.launch(), then
 * an instance of the Application is then constructed on the JavaFX Application
 * Thread.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * The {@code init} method is called on the launcher thread, not on the
 * JavaFX Application Thread.
 * This means that an application must not construct a {@link Scene}
 * or a {@link Stage} in the {@code init} method.
 * An application may construct other JavaFX objects in the {@code init}
 * method.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * All the unhandled exceptions on the JavaFX application thread that occur during
 * event dispatching, running animation timelines, or any other code, are forwarded
 * to the thread's {@link java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler uncaught
 * exception handler}.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p><b>Example</b></p>
 * <p>The following example will illustrate a simple JavaFX application.</p>
 * <pre>{@code
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.shape.Circle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
    
public class MyApp extends Application {
public void start(Stage stage) {
    Circle circ = new Circle(40, 40, 30);
    Group root = new Group(circ);
    Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 300);
    
    stage.setTitle("My JavaFX Application");
    stage.setScene(scene);
    stage.show();
}
}
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>The above example will produce the following:</p>
 * <p><img src="doc-files/Application.png" alt="A black circle in the top left
 * corner of scene"></p>
 *
 * @see Platform
 *
 * @since JavaFX 2.0
 */
public abstract class Application {
    /**
     * Constant for user agent stylesheet for the "Caspian" theme. Caspian
     * is the theme that shipped as default in JavaFX 2.x.
     * @since JavaFX 8.0
     */
    public static final String STYLESHEET_CASPIAN = "CASPIAN";
    /**
     * Constant for user agent stylesheet for the "Modena" theme. Modena
     * is the default theme for JavaFX 8.x.
     * @since JavaFX 8.0
     */
    public static final String STYLESHEET_MODENA = "MODENA";

    /**
     * Launch a standalone application. This method is typically called
     * from the main method(). It must not be called more than once or an
     * exception will be thrown.
     *
     * <p>
     * The launch method does not return until the application has exited,
     * either via a call to Platform.exit or all of the application windows
     * have been closed.
     * The class specified by the {@code appClass} argument must be
     * a public subclass of {@code Application}
     * with a public no-argument constructor, in a package that is
     * {@link Module#isExported(String,Module) exported}
     * (or {@link Module#isOpen(String,Module) open}) to at least the
     * {@code javafx.graphics} module, or a RuntimeException will be thrown.
     *
     * <p>
     * Typical usage is:
     * <pre>
     *     public static void main(String[] args) {
     *         Application.launch(MyApp.class, args);
     *     }
     * </pre>
     * where <code>MyApp</code> is a subclass of Application.
     *
     * @param appClass the application class that is constructed and executed
     *        by the launcher.
     * @param args the command line arguments passed to the application.
     *             An application may get these parameters using the
     *             {@link #getParameters()} method.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called more than once.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>appClass</code> is not a
     *         subclass of <code>Application</code>.
     * @throws RuntimeException if there is an error launching the
     * JavaFX runtime, or if the application class cannot be constructed
     * (e.g., if the class is not public or is not in an exported package), or
     * if an Exception or Error is thrown by the Application constructor, init
     * method, start method, or stop method.
     */
    public static void launch(Class<? extends Application> appClass, String... args) {
        LauncherImpl.launchApplication(appClass, args);
    }

    /**
     * Launch a standalone application. This method is typically called
     * from the main method(). It must not be called more than once or an
     * exception will be thrown.
     * This is equivalent to {@code launch(TheClass.class, args)} where
     * {@code TheClass} is the
     * immediately enclosing class of the method that called launch.
     * It must be a public subclass of {@code Application}
     * with a public no-argument constructor, in a package that is
     * {@link Module#isExported(String,Module) exported}
     * (or {@link Module#isOpen(String,Module) open}) to at least the
     * {@code javafx.graphics} module, or a RuntimeException will be thrown.
     *
     * <p>
     * The launch method does not return until the application has exited,
     * either via a call to Platform.exit or all of the application windows
     * have been closed.
     *
     * <p>
     * Typical usage is:
     * <pre>
     *     public static void main(String[] args) {
     *         Application.launch(args);
     *     }
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param args the command line arguments passed to the application.
     *             An application may get these parameters using the
     *             {@link #getParameters()} method.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called more than once.
     * @throws RuntimeException if there is an error launching the
     * JavaFX runtime, or if the application class cannot be constructed
     * (e.g., if the class is not public or is not in an exported package), or
     * if an Exception or Error is thrown by the Application constructor, init
     * method, start method, or stop method.
     */
    public static void launch(String... args) {
        // Figure out the right class to call
        StackTraceElement[] cause = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();

        boolean foundThisMethod = false;
        String callingClassName = null;
        for (StackTraceElement se : cause) {
            // Skip entries until we get to the entry for this class
            String className = se.getClassName();
            String methodName = se.getMethodName();
            if (foundThisMethod) {
                callingClassName = className;
                break;
            } else if (Application.class.getName().equals(className) && "launch".equals(methodName)) {

                foundThisMethod = true;
            }
        }

        if (callingClassName == null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Error: unable to determine Application class");
        }

        try {
            Class theClass = Class.forName(callingClassName, false, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
            if (Application.class.isAssignableFrom(theClass)) {
                Class<? extends Application> appClass = theClass;
                LauncherImpl.launchApplication(appClass, args);
            } else {
                throw new RuntimeException(
                        "Error: " + theClass + " is not a subclass of javafx.application.Application");
            }
        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
            throw ex;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code Application} instance.
     */
    public Application() {
    }

    /**
     * The application initialization method. This method is called immediately
     * after the Application class is loaded and constructed. An application may
     * override this method to perform initialization prior to the actual starting
     * of the application.
     *
     * <p>
     * The implementation of this method provided by the Application class does nothing.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * NOTE: This method is not called on the JavaFX Application Thread. An
     * application must not construct a Scene or a Stage in this
     * method.
     * An application may construct other JavaFX objects in this method.
     * </p>
     * @throws java.lang.Exception if something goes wrong
     */
    public void init() throws Exception {
    }

    /**
     * The main entry point for all JavaFX applications.
     * The start method is called after the init method has returned,
     * and after the system is ready for the application to begin running.
     *
     * <p>
     * NOTE: This method is called on the JavaFX Application Thread.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param primaryStage the primary stage for this application, onto which
     * the application scene can be set.
     * Applications may create other stages, if needed, but they will not be
     * primary stages.
     * @throws java.lang.Exception if something goes wrong
     */
    public abstract void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception;

    /**
     * This method is called when the application should stop, and provides a
     * convenient place to prepare for application exit and destroy resources.
     *
     * <p>
     * The implementation of this method provided by the Application class does nothing.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * NOTE: This method is called on the JavaFX Application Thread.
     * </p>
     * @throws java.lang.Exception if something goes wrong
     */
    public void stop() throws Exception {
    }

    private HostServices hostServices = null;

    /**
     * Gets the HostServices provider for this application. This provides
     * the ability to get the code base and document base for this application,
     * and to show a web page in a browser.
     *
     * @return the HostServices provider
     */
    public final HostServices getHostServices() {
        synchronized (this) {
            if (hostServices == null) {
                hostServices = new HostServices(this);
            }
            return hostServices;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the parameters for this Application, including any arguments
     * passed on the command line.
     *
     * <p>
     * NOTE: this method should not be called from the Application constructor,
     * as it will return null. It may be called in the init() method or any
     * time after that.
     * </p>
     *
     * @return the parameters for this Application, or null if called from the
     * constructor.
     */
    public final Parameters getParameters() {
        return ParametersImpl.getParameters(this);
    }

    /**
     * Notifies the preloader with an application-generated notification.
     * Application code calls this method with a PreloaderNotification that is
     * delivered to the
     * {@link Preloader#handleApplicationNotification
     * Preloader.handleApplicationNotification} method.
     * This is primarily useful for cases where an application wants the
     * preloader to show progress during a long application initialization
     * step.
     *
     * <p>
     * NOTE: the notification will be delivered only to the preloader's
     * handleApplicationNotification() method; this means, for example, that
     * if this method is called with a ProgressNotification, that notification
     * will not be delivered to the {@link Preloader#handleProgressNotification
     * Preloader.handleProgressNotification}
     * method.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param info the application-generated preloader notification
     */
    public final void notifyPreloader(PreloaderNotification info) {
        LauncherImpl.notifyPreloader(this, info);
    }

    /**
     * Encapsulates the set of parameters for an application. This includes
     * arguments passed on the command line.
     *
     * <p>
     * Note that the application and the preloader both get the same set
     * of parameters for a given run of an application.
     * </p>
     * @since JavaFX 2.0
     */
    public static abstract class Parameters {

        /**
         * Constructs a new {@code Parameters} instance.
         */
        public Parameters() {
        }

        /**
         * Retrieves a read-only list of the raw arguments. This list
         * may be empty, but is never null. In the case of a standalone
         * application, it is the ordered list of arguments specified on the
         * command line.
         * For
         * named parameters, each &lt;name,value&gt; pair is represented as
         * a single argument of the form: "--name=value".
         *
         * @return a read-only list of raw application arguments
         */
        public abstract List<String> getRaw();

        /**
         * Retrieves a read-only list of the unnamed parameters. This list
         * may be empty, but is never null. The named parameters, that is
         * the parameters that are represented as &lt;name,value&gt; pairs, are
         * filtered out.
         *
         * @return a read-only list of unnamed parameters.
         */
        public abstract List<String> getUnnamed();

        /**
         * Retrieves a read-only map of the named parameters. It may be
         * empty, but is never null.
         * Named parameters include any command line
         * arguments of the form: "--name=value".
         *
         * @return a read-only map of named parameters.
         */
        public abstract Map<String, String> getNamed();

    }

    private static String userAgentStylesheet = null;

    /**
     * Get the user agent stylesheet used by the whole application. This is
     * used to provide default styling for all ui controls and other nodes.
     * A value of null means the platform default stylesheet is being used.
     * <p>
     * NOTE: This method must be called on the JavaFX Application Thread.
     * </p>
     *
     * @return The URL to the stylesheet as a String.
     * @since JavaFX 8.0
     */
    public static String getUserAgentStylesheet() {
        return userAgentStylesheet;
    }

    /**
     * Set the user agent stylesheet used by the whole application. This is used
     * to provide default styling for all ui controls and other nodes. Each
     * release of JavaFX may have a new default value for this so if you need
     * to guarantee consistency you will need to call this method and choose
     * what default you would like for your application. A value of null will
     * restore the platform default stylesheet. This property can also be set
     * on the command line with {@code -Djavafx.userAgentStylesheetUrl=[URL]}
     * Setting it on the command line overrides anything set using this method
     * in code.
     * <p>
     * NOTE: This method must be called on the JavaFX Application Thread.
     * </p>
     *
     *
     * @param url The URL to the stylesheet as a String.
     * @since JavaFX 8.0
     */
    public static void setUserAgentStylesheet(String url) {
        userAgentStylesheet = url;
        if (url == null) {
            PlatformImpl.setDefaultPlatformUserAgentStylesheet();
        } else {
            PlatformImpl.setPlatformUserAgentStylesheet(url);
        }
    }
}