org.jdesktop.swingx.editors
Class Painter2PropertyEditor

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
      org.jdesktop.swingx.editors.Painter2PropertyEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor

public class Painter2PropertyEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport

Constructor Summary

Painter2PropertyEditor()
Creates a new instance of Painter2PropertyEditor

Method Summary

String	getAsText() Gets the property value as a string suitable for presentation to a human to edit.
Component	getCustomEditor() A PropertyEditor may chose to make available a full custom Component that edits its property value.
String	getJavaInitializationString() This method is intended for use when generating Java code to set the value of the property.
Painter	getValue() Gets the value of the property.
void	setAsText(String text) Sets the property value by parsing a given String.
void	setValue(Object object) Set (or change) the object that is to be edited.
boolean	supportsCustomEditor() Determines whether the propertyEditor can provide a custom editor.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getSource, getTags, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Painter2PropertyEditor

public Painter2PropertyEditor()

Creates a new instance of Painter2PropertyEditor

Method Detail

getValue

public Painter 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.

setValue

public void setValue(Object object)

Description copied from class: java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Set (or change) the object that is to be edited.

Specified by:

setValue in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setValue in class PropertyEditorSupport

Parameters:

object - The new target object to be edited. Note that this object should not be modified by the PropertyEditor, rather the PropertyEditor should create a new object to hold any modified 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().

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.

supportsCustomEditor

public boolean supportsCustomEditor()

Description copied from class: java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Determines whether the propertyEditor can provide a custom editor.

Specified by:

supportsCustomEditor in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

supportsCustomEditor in class PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

True if the propertyEditor can provide a custom editor.

getCustomEditor

public Component getCustomEditor()

Description copied from class: java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

A PropertyEditor may chose to make available a full custom Component that edits its property value. It is the responsibility of the PropertyEditor to hook itself up to its editor Component itself and to report property value changes by firing a PropertyChange event.

The higher-level code that calls getCustomEditor may either embed the Component in some larger property sheet, or it may put it in its own individual dialog, or ...

Specified by:

getCustomEditor in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getCustomEditor in class PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

A java.awt.Component that will allow a human to directly edit the current property value. May be null if this is not supported.