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> Michael,
>
> i was writing my reply and Johannes has just described what i was
> thinking...
> Try to use the Singleton Pattern (
http://www.javacamp.org/designPattern/).
> This is a "standard" solution to the problem of (writing / accessing) a
> (file / database / ... ) from multiple sources.
> The main idea is to develop a private method for creation of a unique
> ResultsTable.
>
> Best Regards,
> Fernando
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Johannes Schindelin <
>
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Michael Doube wrote:
>>
>>> 1. Is there a value other than 0 that represents an empty cell? At the
>>> moment, if no value is entered for a cell when another cell in the
>>> same row is updated, 0 is shown in the table. This is not the same
>>> as 'no data' - null seems more appropriate.
>> AFAICT no, there is no way... ResultsTable can only contain doubles, and
>> there is no null double...
>>
>>> 2. I can create a new results table and call it "Measurements" like
>>> this: ResultsTable rt = new ResultsTable();
>>> rt.show("Measurements"); But how do I check whether the
>>> "Measurements" table already exists, and write to it instead of
>>> overwriting it with a new instance each time? This is trivial if I
>>> use the system Results table, ResultsTable rt =
>>> ResultsTable.getResultsTable(); but I want to leave the "Results"
>>> table free for other stuff and have a dedicated table for my plugins'
>>> results.
>> The only way I could imagine to do this is to look through
>> WindowManager.getNonImageWindows().
>>
>> But if the table could only be constructed by _your_ code, you could make
>> it a singleton... (i.e. private static ResultsTable measurements; [...] if
>> (measurements == null) [...])
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Dscho
>>
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