com.metamatrix.console.ui.util.property
Class GuiComponentFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.console.ui.util.property.GuiComponentFactory

public class GuiComponentFactory
extends java.lang.Object

The GuiComponentFactory creates JComponents and sets their properties. All JavaBean properties can be set using this class. For example, to create a JButton, the properties file entries could look like this:

     btn=javax.swing.JButton.class
     btn.background=Color.red
     btn.text="Red Button"
     btn.mnemonic='R'
     btn.toolTipText="This is a red button"
 

After the component identifier, in the above example "btn", and after the period separator, the property name is identified starting with a lowercase letter. A PropertyProvider identifies which properties files are searched.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Dan Florian

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	SEPARATOR The separator used between component ID and property when composing a properties file key.
static java.lang.String	TYPE_DEFS_PROP The default properties file used in the createTextField(String) method.
static java.lang.String	TYPE_PREFIX The prefix used to denote data types in property files.

Method Summary

static TextFieldWidget	createTextField(java.lang.String theType) Creates a TextFieldWidget and initializes it by using the given type.
static TextFieldWidget	createTextField(java.lang.String theType, PropertyProvider thePropProvider) Creates a TextFieldWidget and initializes by using the given type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SEPARATOR

public static final java.lang.String SEPARATOR

The separator used between component ID and property when composing a properties file key. Currently only a period is used.

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_DEFS_PROP

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_DEFS_PROP

The default properties file used in the createTextField(String) method.

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_PREFIX

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_PREFIX

The prefix used to denote data types in property files.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

createTextField

public static TextFieldWidget createTextField(java.lang.String theType)

Creates a TextFieldWidget and initializes it by using the given type. If the type is not found by the provider, a default textfield is returned. The default provider is used.

Parameters:

theType - the data type key

Returns:

the newly created TextFieldWidget

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if input parameter is null

See Also:

createTextField(String, PropertyProvider)

createTextField

public static TextFieldWidget createTextField(java.lang.String theType,
                                              PropertyProvider thePropProvider)

Creates a TextFieldWidget and initializes by using the given type. If the type is not found by the provider, a default textfield is returned. A typical type entry in a properties file would like like this:

     type.heapsize.length.min="1"
     type.heapsize.length.max="4"
     type.heapsize.cols=get("type.heapsize.length.max")
     type.heapsize.required="true"
     type.heapsize.validchars="0-9"
     #type.heapsize.invalidchars=""
 

Parameters:

theType - the data type key

thePropProvider - the provider that determines the file(s) to look at for properties

Returns:

the newly created TextFieldWidget

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if either input parameter is null