net.xoetrope.xui.helper
Class XuiUtilities

java.lang.Object
  net.xoetrope.xui.helper.XuiUtilities

public class XuiUtilities
extends java.lang.Object

A collection of utilities for use with XUI

Copyright (c) Xoetrope Ltd., 2002-2004

$Revision: 2.16 $

License: see License.txt

Constructor Summary

XuiUtilities()

Method Summary

static void	applyStyle(java.lang.Object comp, java.lang.String styleName) Apply a style to a component
static void	centerOnScreen(java.awt.Container dialog) Center a dialog on the screen.
static int	count(java.lang.String source, char match) Count the instances of a character in a string
static void	getArguments(java.lang.String argString, java.lang.Class[] argTypes, java.lang.Object[] argValues) Get the argument types and values from an argument string
static int	getMinorVersion() Get the minor version of the runtime Java platform
static void	invokeAndWait(java.lang.Runnable r) Invoke the SwingUtilities invokeAndWait method via reflection.
static void	invokeLater(java.lang.Runnable r) Invoke the SwingUtilities invokeLater method via reflection.
static java.lang.String	translate(java.lang.String key) Translate a key to the current language
static java.awt.Color	unsaturateColor(java.awt.Color color, int percentage) Get an unsaturated version of a color

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XuiUtilities

public XuiUtilities()

Method Detail

count

public static int count(java.lang.String source,
                        char match)

Count the instances of a character in a string

Parameters:

source - the source string

match - the character to match

Returns:

the numer of instances of the match character

centerOnScreen

public static void centerOnScreen(java.awt.Container dialog)

Center a dialog on the screen.

Parameters:

dialog - the dialog window you want to center

invokeLater

public static void invokeLater(java.lang.Runnable r)

Invoke the SwingUtilities invokeLater method via reflection.

Parameters:

r - the runnable to be passed to the SwingUtilities method

invokeAndWait

public static void invokeAndWait(java.lang.Runnable r)

Invoke the SwingUtilities invokeAndWait method via reflection.

Parameters:

r - the runnable to be passed to the SwingUtilities method

translate

public static java.lang.String translate(java.lang.String key)

Translate a key to the current language

Parameters:

key - the language key

Returns:

the translated text

unsaturateColor

public static java.awt.Color unsaturateColor(java.awt.Color color,
                                             int percentage)

Get an unsaturated version of a color

Parameters:

color - the original color

percentage - the percentage of the original color saturation to return

getArguments

public static void getArguments(java.lang.String argString,
                                java.lang.Class[] argTypes,
                                java.lang.Object[] argValues)

Get the argument types and values from an argument string

Parameters:

argString - the raw argument string e.g. foo,bar,12

argTypes - the argument class names - for the above example java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.int

argValues - the argument values - for the above example "foo", "bar", 12

applyStyle

public static void applyStyle(java.lang.Object comp,
                              java.lang.String styleName)

Apply a style to a component

Parameters:

comp - the component

styleName - the style to lookup

getMinorVersion

public static int getMinorVersion()

Get the minor version of the runtime Java platform

Returns:

the minor version e.g. 3 for JDK 1.3.x