"
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1999 by eXept Software AG
              All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
 hereby transferred.
"


Exception subclass:#UserNotification
	instanceVariableNames:''
	classVariableNames:''
	poolDictionaries:''
	category:'Kernel-Exceptions'
!

!UserNotification class methodsFor:'documentation'!

copyright
"
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1999 by eXept Software AG
              All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
 hereby transferred.
"

!

documentation
"    
    Notification is an abstract superclass of all user notification 
    exceptions in the system. It produces an info box with the message
    on the screen.

    [author:]
        Stefan Vogel

    [see also:]
        Signal
"
!

examples
"
                                                            [exBegin]
    UserNotification raiseRequest
                                                            [exEnd]
"

! !

!UserNotification class methodsFor:'initialization'!

initialize

    NotifierString := 'User Notification:'.

    "
     self initialize
    "

    "Created: / 23.7.1999 / 15:31:44 / stefan"
! !

!UserNotification methodsFor:'default actions'!

defaultAction
    "Default action for notifications: open a info box with errorString"

    |text|

    text := self errorString.

    (Smalltalk isInitialized and:[Dialog notNil]) ifTrue:[
        Dialog notify:text.
    ] ifFalse:[
        "
         on systems without GUI, simply show
         the message on the Transcript.
        "
        Transcript showCR:text.
    ].
    self proceed.


    "
      UserNotification raiseRequestWith:self errorString:' abc'
    "

    "Modified: / 3.8.1999 / 14:06:55 / stefan"
! !

!UserNotification class methodsFor:'documentation'!

version
    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/UserNotification.st,v 1.1 1999-08-04 16:26:42 stefan Exp $'
! !
UserNotification initialize!