net.xoetrope.swing
Class SwingComponentFactory

java.lang.Object
  net.xoetrope.swing.SwingComponentFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

XComponentConstructor

public class SwingComponentFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements XComponentConstructor

A factory for non-base Swing components such as trees, tables and split panes

Copyright: Copyright (c) Xoetrope Ltd., 2001-2004

$Revision: 2.7 $

License see license.txt

Constructor Summary

SwingComponentFactory(XProject project)
Create a new component factory

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	addElement(XComponentFactory cf, java.lang.String type, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String content, java.util.Hashtable attribs) A generic factory method for adding non component elements.
java.lang.Object	constructComponent(XComponentFactory cf, java.lang.String type, java.lang.String content) A generic factory for adding XComponents.
ComponentAdapter	getComponentAdapter(java.lang.String type) Get the component adapter for this type
void	setPackageName(java.lang.String defPackage) Set the package name for the factory's widgets.
void	update() Notify the component factories that some of their settings may have changed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SwingComponentFactory

public SwingComponentFactory(XProject project)

Create a new component factory

Parameters:

project - the owner project

Method Detail

constructComponent

public java.lang.Object constructComponent(XComponentFactory cf,
                                           java.lang.String type,
                                           java.lang.String content)

A generic factory for adding XComponents. The component is constructed, positioned and added to the parent panel if one exists. The component is named with a counter value to uniquely identify the control.

Specified by:

constructComponent in interface XComponentConstructor

Parameters:

cf - the calling component factory

type - a name identifying the type of component to be created

content - the component text/content

Returns:

the new component

addElement

public java.lang.Object addElement(XComponentFactory cf,
                                   java.lang.String type,
                                   java.lang.String name,
                                   java.lang.String content,
                                   java.util.Hashtable attribs)

A generic factory method for adding non component elements. The method can be useful in conjunction with the 'repeat' and 'include' keywords where a component may not have a one to one relationship with the XML element.

Specified by:

addElement in interface XComponentConstructor

Parameters:

cf - the calling component factory

type - the object type

name - a name identifying the element to be created

content - the component text/content

attribs - the element attributes if any

Returns:

the new component

update

public void update()

Notify the component factories that some of their settings may have changed. This factory does not yet use any startup properties or parameters

Specified by:

update in interface XComponentConstructor

setPackageName

public void setPackageName(java.lang.String defPackage)

Set the package name for the factory's widgets.

Specified by:

setPackageName in interface XComponentConstructor

Parameters:

defPackage - the default package name

getComponentAdapter

public ComponentAdapter getComponentAdapter(java.lang.String type)

Get the component adapter for this type

Specified by:

getComponentAdapter in interface XComponentConstructor

Parameters:

type - the component type name

Returns:

the ComponentAdapter