Package com.bc.ceres.swing.binding

Class PropertyEditorRegistry

java.lang.Object

com.bc.ceres.swing.binding.PropertyEditorRegistry

public class PropertyEditorRegistry
extends Object

A registry for PropertyEditor.

Since:

BEAM 4.6

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PropertyEditor	findPropertyEditor(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)	Finds a matching PropertyEditor for the given PropertyDescriptor.
static PropertyEditorRegistry	getInstance()
PropertyEditor	getPropertyEditor(String className)	Gets a PropertyEditor by its class name.
static void	setInstance(PropertyEditorRegistry registry)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

getInstance

public static PropertyEditorRegistry getInstance()

setInstance

public static void setInstance(PropertyEditorRegistry registry)

getPropertyEditor

public PropertyEditor getPropertyEditor(String className)

Gets a PropertyEditor by its class name.

Parameters:

className - The class name of the PropertyEditor.

Returns:

the value editor or null if no editor exist for the given class name.

findPropertyEditor

public PropertyEditor findPropertyEditor(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Finds a matching PropertyEditor for the given PropertyDescriptor.

At first , if set, the property "propertyEditor" of the property descriptor is used. Afterwards all registered PropertyEditors are tested, whether the can provide an editor. As a fallback a TextFieldEditor is returned.

Parameters:

propertyDescriptor - the value descriptor

Returns:

the editor that can edit values described by the value descriptor