org.jdesktop.swingx.editors
Class DimensionPropertyEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.jdesktop.swingx.editors.DimensionPropertyEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

public class DimensionPropertyEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport

Constructor Summary

DimensionPropertyEditor()

Method Summary

String	getAsText() Gets the property value as a string suitable for presentation to a human to edit.
String	getJavaInitializationString() This method is intended for use when generating Java code to set the value of the property.
Dimension	getValue() Gets the value of the property.
void	setAsText(String text) Sets the property value by parsing a given String.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getSource, getTags, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, setValue, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DimensionPropertyEditor

public DimensionPropertyEditor()

Method Detail

getValue

public Dimension getValue()

Description copied from class: java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Gets the value of the property.

Specified by:

getValue in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getValue in class PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

The value of the property.

getJavaInitializationString

public String getJavaInitializationString()

Description copied from class: java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

This method is intended for use when generating Java code to set the value of the property. It should return a fragment of Java code that can be used to initialize a variable with the current property value.

Example results are "2", "new Color(127,127,34)", "Color.orange", etc.

Specified by:

getJavaInitializationString in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getJavaInitializationString in class PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

A fragment of Java code representing an initializer for the current value.

setAsText

public void setAsText(String text)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from class: java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Sets the property value by parsing a given String. May raise java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if either the String is badly formatted or if this kind of property can't be expressed as text.

Specified by:

setAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport

Parameters:

text - The string to be parsed.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getAsText

public String getAsText()

Description copied from class: java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Gets the property value as a string suitable for presentation to a human to edit.

Specified by:

getAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

The property value as a string suitable for presentation to a human to edit.

Returns "null" is the value can't be expressed as a string.

If a non-null value is returned, then the PropertyEditor should be prepared to parse that string back in setAsText().