Package com.bc.ceres.swing.binding

Class PropertyEditor

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.swing.binding.PropertyEditor

public abstract class PropertyEditor
extends Object

A factory for editors that can edit values of a certain type described by a PropertyDescriptor.

Since:

BEAM 4.6

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertyEditor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JComponent[]	createComponents(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, BindingContext bindingContext)	Creates the editor component for the PropertyDescriptor and bind it to a PropertyContainer using the BindingContext.
abstract JComponent	createEditorComponent(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, BindingContext bindingContext)	Creates the editor component together with an optional label for the PropertyDescriptor and bind it to a PropertyContainer using the BindingContext.
boolean	isValidFor(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)	Checks if this value editor can be used for the values described by the given property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PropertyEditor

public PropertyEditor()

Method Detail

isValidFor

public boolean isValidFor(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Checks if this value editor can be used for the values described by the given property.

Parameters:

propertyDescriptor - The value descriptor

Returns:

true, is this editor can be used for the given value descriptor

createComponents

public JComponent[] createComponents(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor,
                                     BindingContext bindingContext)

Creates the editor component for the PropertyDescriptor and bind it to a PropertyContainer using the BindingContext.

Parameters:

propertyDescriptor - The value descriptor

bindingContext - The binding context

Returns:

the editor component

createEditorComponent

public abstract JComponent createEditorComponent(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor,
                                                 BindingContext bindingContext)

Creates the editor component together with an optional label for the PropertyDescriptor and bind it to a PropertyContainer using the BindingContext. If for this editor component a label is applicable, it is return as the second element in the array.

Parameters:

propertyDescriptor - The value descriptor

bindingContext - The binding context

Returns:

an array containing the editor component as first element and (if applicable) a label as second element