org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors

Class CharEditor

java.lang.Object

java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors.CharEditor

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyEditor, EnhancedPropertyEditor

public class CharEditor
extends PropertyEditorSupport
implements EnhancedPropertyEditor

Editor for Character.TYPE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CharEditor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAsText() Converts the char to String by either leaving the single char or by creating unicode escape.
Component	getInPlaceCustomEditor() We don't support in place custom editor.
String	getJavaInitializationString() This method is intended for use when generating Java code to set the value of the property.
boolean	hasInPlaceCustomEditor() We don't support in place custom editor.
void	setAsText(String text) Set the property value by parsing given String.
void	setValue(Object newValue) Accepts Character and String values.
boolean	supportsEditingTaggedValues()

Methods inherited from class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport

addPropertyChangeListener, firePropertyChange, getCustomEditor, getSource, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, setSource, supportsCustomEditor

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.beans.PropertyEditor

addPropertyChangeListener, getCustomEditor, getTags, getValue, isPaintable, paintValue, removePropertyChangeListener, supportsCustomEditor

Constructor Detail

CharEditor

public CharEditor()

Method Detail

getAsText

public String getAsText()

Converts the char to String by either leaving the single char or by creating unicode escape.

Specified by:

getAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport

setAsText

public void setAsText(String text)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Set the property value by parsing given String.

Specified by:

setAsText in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setAsText in class PropertyEditorSupport

Parameters:

text - The string to be parsed.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

setValue

public void setValue(Object newValue)
              throws IllegalArgumentException

Accepts Character and String values. If the argument is a String the first character is taken as the new value.

Specified by:

setValue in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

setValue in class PropertyEditorSupport

Parameters:

newValue - new value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getJavaInitializationString

public String getJavaInitializationString()

This method is intended for use when generating Java code to set the value of the property. It should return a fragment of Java code that can be used to initialize a variable with the current property value.

Example results are "2", "new Color(127,127,34)", "Color.orange", etc.

Specified by:

getJavaInitializationString in interface PropertyEditor

Overrides:

getJavaInitializationString in class PropertyEditorSupport

Returns:

A fragment of Java code representing an initializer for the current value.

getInPlaceCustomEditor

public Component getInPlaceCustomEditor()

We don't support in place custom editor.

Specified by:

getInPlaceCustomEditor in interface EnhancedPropertyEditor

Returns:

custom property editor to be shown inside the property sheet.

hasInPlaceCustomEditor

public boolean hasInPlaceCustomEditor()

We don't support in place custom editor.

Specified by:

hasInPlaceCustomEditor in interface EnhancedPropertyEditor

Returns:

true if this PropertyEditor provides a enhanced in-place custom property editor, false otherwise

supportsEditingTaggedValues

public boolean supportsEditingTaggedValues()

Specified by:

supportsEditingTaggedValues in interface EnhancedPropertyEditor

Returns:

true if this property editor provides tagged values and a custom strings in the choice should be accepted too, false otherwise