Package org.openide.nodes

NetBeans uses nodes to represent JavaBeans or other property containers, formed into a hierarchical tree.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
BeanChildren.Factory	Controls which nodes are created for a child bean.
CookieSet.Before	Allows to update content of the cookie set just before a query for a given class is made.
CookieSet.Factory	Factory for creating cookies of given Class
Index	Index cookie providing operations useful for reordering child nodes.
Node.Cookie	Marker interface for all cookies.
Node.Handle	Serializable node reference.
NodeAcceptor	Discriminator accepting only certain sets of nodes.
NodeListener	Listener to special changes in Nodes.
NodeTransfer.Paste	An intelligent source of paste types (ways how to paste) for a target node.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractNode	A basic implementation of a node.
BeanChildren	Class that represents bean children of a JavaBeans context.
BeanNode<T>	Represents a JavaBeans component as a node.
BeanNode.Descriptor	Descriptor of three types of properties.
ChildFactory<T>	Factory used to create Children objects.
ChildFactory.Detachable<T>	Subclass of ChildFactory with lifecycle methods which will be called on first use and last use.
Children	Factory for the child Nodes of a Node.
Children.Array	Implements the storage of node children by an array.
Children.Keys<T>	Implements an array of child nodes associated nonuniquely with keys and sorted by these keys.
Children.Map<T>	Implements the storage of node children by a map.
Children.SortedArray	Maintains a list of children sorted by the provided comparator in an array.
Children.SortedMap<T>	Maintains a list of children sorted by the provided comparator in a map.
CookieSet	Support class for storing cookies and retriving them by representation class.
DefaultHandle	Simple implementation of Node.Handle.
DestroyableNodesFactory<T>	Subclass of ChildFactory.Detachable with lifecycle method invoked when nodes created by the factory are no longer needed.
FilterNode	A proxy for another node.
FilterNode.Children	Children for a filter node.
FilterNode.NodeAdapter	Adapter that listens on changes in an original node and refires them in a proxy.
FilterNode.PropertyChangeAdapter	Adapter that listens on changes in an original node and refires them in a proxy.
Index.ArrayChildren	Reorderable children list stored in an array.
Index.KeysChildren<T>	Implementation of index interface that operates on an list of objects that are presented by given nodes.
Index.Support	A support class implementing some methods of the Index cookie.
IndexedCustomizer	Deprecated Better to use Index.Support.showIndexedCustomizer(org.openide.nodes.Index) which behaves better with the window system.
IndexedNode	An implementation of a node that has children and supports reordering by providing Index implementor.
IndexedPropertySupport<T,E>	Support for indexed properties.
Node	A node represents one element in a hierarchy of objects (beans).
Node.IndexedProperty<T,E>	Description of an indexed property and operations on it.
Node.Property<T>	Description of a Bean property on a node, and operations on it.
Node.PropertySet	Class that represents one set of properties.
NodeAdapter	Empty adapter for NodeListener.
NodeEvent	Event describing a change in a node.
NodeMemberEvent	Event describing change in the list of a node's children.
NodeOp	Utility class for operations on nodes.
NodeOperation	Provides common operations on nodes.
NodeReorderEvent	Event describing change in the list of a node's children.
NodeTransfer	Class that contains specific datatransfer flavors and methods to work with nodes.
PropertySupport<T>	Support class for Node.Property.
PropertySupport.Name	Support for the name property of a node.
PropertySupport.ReadOnly<T>	A simple read-only property.
PropertySupport.ReadWrite<T>	A simple read/write property.
PropertySupport.Reflection<T>	Support for properties from Java Reflection.
PropertySupport.WriteOnly<T>	A simple write-only property.
Sheet	Support for creation of property sets.
Sheet.Set	A list of bean properties.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
NodeNotFoundException	Exception indicating that a node could not be found while traversing a path from the root.

Annotation Types Summary

Annotation Type	Description
BeanInfoSearchPath	The package will be registered using Introspector.setBeanInfoSearchPath() during the IDE startup
PropertyEditorRegistration	Register an editor class to be used to editor values of a given target class.
PropertyEditorSearchPath	Add the annotated package to the list of package names that will be used for finding property editors.

Package org.openide.nodes Description

NetBeans uses nodes to represent JavaBeans or other property containers, formed into a hierarchical tree.

These nodes are used extensively for building the UI, especially the Explorer. Using the Nodes API, it is possible to create a variety of custom nodes and entire subhierarchies, and manipulate and search existing nodes. In conjunction with the Datasystems API, nodes may also represent persistent data and can present the user interface to this data. Cookies may also be attached to nodes.