com.lc.util
Class SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport
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        +--com.lc.util.SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.beans.PropertyEditor

public abstract class SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor

extends java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Generic JavaBean property editor for a property derived from SafeEnumeration.

Warning : enumerations defined as nested classes don't seem to be supported (at least by JBuilder 4.0).

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ $Date: 2002/02/19 22:12:03 $

Author:

Laurent Caillette

Constructor Summary

SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor()

SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor(java.lang.Object obj)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAsText() Returns the value as it should appear in the property editor - may be different of the value to insert into the Java code.
abstract java.lang.Class	getEnumerationClass() Override this method to return the class implementing the enumeration.
java.lang.String	getJavaInitializationString() Returns the string representing the Java expression which should appear in the source code.
java.lang.String[]	getTags() Returns the list of the values to be displayed to the user.
boolean	isPaintable() Indique si l'éditeur de propriété est suceptible d'être redessiné, en tant que composant fenêtré défini dans cette classe.
void	setAsText(java.lang.String text) Sets the value of the property, depending of the selected value on the display.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getValue, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setValue, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor

public SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor()

SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor

public SafeEnumerationPropertyEditor(java.lang.Object obj)

Method Detail

getEnumerationClass

public abstract java.lang.Class getEnumerationClass()

Override this method to return the class implementing the enumeration.

Returns:

A concrete class, derived from SafeEnumeration

getAsText

public final java.lang.String getAsText()

Returns the value as it should appear in the property editor - may be different of the value to insert into the Java code.

Overrides:

getAsText in class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

The text to display in the property editor.

getTags

public final java.lang.String[] getTags()

Returns the list of the values to be displayed to the user.

Overrides:

getTags in class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

A copy of the array of values to display.

setAsText

public final void setAsText(java.lang.String text)

Sets the value of the property, depending of the selected value on the display. If text value does not match with a known value, then null is set.

Overrides:

setAsText in class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Parameters:

text - The visible value, as selected by the user.

getJavaInitializationString

public final java.lang.String getJavaInitializationString()

Returns the string representing the Java expression which should appear in the source code.

Overrides:

getJavaInitializationString in class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

A valid Java expression as a String.

isPaintable

public final boolean isPaintable()

Indique si l'éditeur de propriété est suceptible d'être redessiné, en tant que composant fenêtré défini dans cette classe. L'éditeur de propriété que l'on souhaite voir s'afficher étant du type liste, la valeur false est renvoyée. Tells if the property editor may paint itself. Since this property editor is supposed to be a list, it always returns false. *

Overrides:

isPaintable in class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

false.