/**
* Method used by the SystemIO class to get interactive user input requested by a running MIPS
* program (e.g. syscall #5 to read an integer). SystemIO knows whether simulator is being run at
* command line by the user, or by the GUI. If run at command line, it gets input from System.in
* rather than here.
*
* <p>This is an overloaded method. This version, with the String parameter, is used to get input
* from a popup dialog.
*
* @param prompt Prompt to display to the user.
* @return User input.
*/
public String getInputString(String prompt) {
String input;
JOptionPane pane =
new JOptionPane(prompt, JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, JOptionPane.DEFAULT_OPTION);
pane.setWantsInput(true);
JDialog dialog = pane.createDialog(Globals.getGui(), "MIPS Keyboard Input");
dialog.setVisible(true);
input = (String) pane.getInputValue();
this.postRunMessage(Globals.userInputAlert + input + "\n");
return input;
}
