com.elegantj.beaninfo.awt
Class SimpleBeanInfo

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.SimpleBeanInfo
      com.elegantj.beaninfo.awt.SimpleBeanInfo

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.beans.BeanInfo

Direct Known Subclasses:

PDFBeanInfo

public abstract class SimpleBeanInfo

extends java.beans.SimpleBeanInfo

Simple BeanInfo Abstract class provides the utility methods to set/get the properties. It's subclass should override the methods : getPropertyDescriptors(), getBeanDescriptor().

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.beans.BeanInfo

ICON_COLOR_16x16, ICON_COLOR_32x32, ICON_MONO_16x16, ICON_MONO_32x32

Constructor Summary

SimpleBeanInfo()

Method Summary

java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[]	add(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array1, java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array2) Adds the property descriptors array.
abstract java.beans.BeanDescriptor	getBeanDescriptor() Denies knowledge about the class and customizer of the bean
java.awt.Image	getIcon(int iconKind) This method returns an image object that can be used to represent the bean in toolboxes, toolbars, etc.
protected java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor	getIndexedPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty) Gets the indexed property descriptor with specified property name
java.beans.PropertyDescriptor	getPropertyDescriptor(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array, java.lang.String propName) Gets the property descriptor from the array by specified property name.
protected java.beans.PropertyDescriptor	getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty) Gets the property descriptor with specified property name
java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[]	getPropertyDescriptors() Denies knowledge of properties.
protected java.beans.PropertyDescriptor	getReadOnlyPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty) Gets the read only property descriptor with specified property name
protected java.beans.PropertyDescriptor	getWriteOnlyPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty) Gets the write only property descriptor with specified property name
java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[]	removePropertyDescriptor(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array, java.lang.String propName) Removes the property descriptor from the array by specified property name.
java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[]	removePropertyDescriptors(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array, java.lang.String[] propNames) Removes the property descriptors from the array by specified property names.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.SimpleBeanInfo

getAdditionalBeanInfo, getDefaultEventIndex, getDefaultPropertyIndex, getEventSetDescriptors, getMethodDescriptors, loadImage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleBeanInfo

public SimpleBeanInfo()

Method Detail

add

public java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] add(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array1,
                                           java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array2)

Adds the property descriptors array.

Parameters:

array1 - the array of property descriptor

array2 - the array of property descriptor

Returns:

the combined array of property descriptor

getPropertyDescriptor

public java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array,
                                                           java.lang.String propName)

Gets the property descriptor from the array by specified property name.

Parameters:

array - the array of property descriptor

propName - the name of the property

Returns:

the property descriptor which name is propName if found in the array, otherwise null

removePropertyDescriptor

public java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] removePropertyDescriptor(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array,
                                                                java.lang.String propName)

Removes the property descriptor from the array by specified property name.

Parameters:

array - the array of property descriptor

propName - the name of the property

Returns:

the property descriptor array which name is propName if found in the array, otherwise null

removePropertyDescriptors

public java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] removePropertyDescriptors(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] array,
                                                                 java.lang.String[] propNames)

Removes the property descriptors from the array by specified property names.

Parameters:

array - the array of property descriptor

propNames - the names of the properties

Returns:

the property descriptor array which names in propNames if found in the array, otherwise null

getPropertyDescriptor

protected final java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty)

Gets the property descriptor with specified property name

Parameters:

strProperty - the name of the property

Returns:

the property descriptor with the specified name

getIndexedPropertyDescriptor

protected final java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor getIndexedPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty)

Gets the indexed property descriptor with specified property name

Parameters:

strProperty - the name of the property

Returns:

the indexed property descriptor with the specified name

getReadOnlyPropertyDescriptor

protected final java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getReadOnlyPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty)

Gets the read only property descriptor with specified property name

Parameters:

strProperty - the name of the property

Returns:

the read only property descriptor with the specified name

getWriteOnlyPropertyDescriptor

protected final java.beans.PropertyDescriptor getWriteOnlyPropertyDescriptor(java.lang.String strProperty)

Gets the write only property descriptor with specified property name

Parameters:

strProperty - the name of the property

Returns:

the write only property descriptor with the specified name

getPropertyDescriptors

public java.beans.PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors()

Denies knowledge of properties.

Returns:

An array of PropertyDescriptor describing the editable properties supported by this bean. May return null if the information should be obtained by automatic analysis. If a property is indexed, then its entry in the result array will belong to the IndexedPropertyDescriptor subclass of PropertyDescriptor. A client of getPropertyDescriptors can use "instanceof" to check if a given PropertyDescriptor is an IndexedPropertyDescriptor. A subclass of this class should override this method

getBeanDescriptor

public abstract java.beans.BeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor()

Denies knowledge about the class and customizer of the bean

Returns:

BeanDescriptor providing overall information about the bean, such as its displayName, its customizer, etc. May return null if the information should be obtained by automatic analysis A subclass of this class should override this method

getIcon

public java.awt.Image getIcon(int iconKind)

This method returns an image object that can be used to represent the bean in toolboxes, toolbars, etc. Icon images will be GIFs, override this method to return other formats. We recommend that icons have a "transparent" background so they can be rendered onto an existing background. There are four possible flavors of icons (16x16 color, 32x32 color, 16x16 mono, 32x32 mono). If a bean choses to only support a single icon we recommend supporting 16x16 color. Each icon has the name as "Bean Name"+"Icon" (as Text) +"Icon Type", as an example Test bean has the 16x16 color icon called as "TestIconColor16.gif". If only one icon is specified it has the name as "Bean Name" + "Icon" (as Text) as an example "TestIcon.gif".

Parameters:

iconKind - - The kind of icon requested. This should be one of the constant values ICON_COLOR_16x16, ICON_COLOR_32x32, ICON_MONO_16x16, or ICON_MONO_32x32.

Returns:

An image object representing the requested icon. May return null if no suitable icon is available.