com.abstractics.xmlpanel.swing
Class XmlPanel.XmlPanelComponentCreator

java.lang.Object
  com.abstractics.xmlpanel.swing.XmlPanel.XmlPanelComponentCreator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ComponentCreator

Enclosing class:

XmlPanel

public static class XmlPanel.XmlPanelComponentCreator

extends java.lang.Object

implements ComponentCreator

ComponentCreator that creates XmlPanels. Used to create both the inital and child panels

Constructor Summary

XmlPanel.XmlPanelComponentCreator()

Method Summary

java.awt.Component	createComponent(org.w3c.dom.Element element, XmlPanel panel) Given an element representing a cell in an XMLPanel, this method should construct the appropriate Component for the type that this component is looking for, setting all of the properties necessary. The XmlPanel is given in case it is needed to determine properties of the component.
java.lang.String[]	getComponentTypes()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlPanel.XmlPanelComponentCreator

public XmlPanel.XmlPanelComponentCreator()

Method Detail

getComponentTypes

public java.lang.String[] getComponentTypes()

Specified by:

getComponentTypes in interface ComponentCreator

Returns:

Return the type name(s) that this XmlPanelComponentCreator is known by. When cell tags are found with a type attribute that matches one of these values (case-insensitive), then this component creator will be used

See Also:

ComponentCreator.getComponentTypes()

createComponent

public java.awt.Component createComponent(org.w3c.dom.Element element,
                                          XmlPanel panel)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCreator

Given an element representing a cell in an XMLPanel, this method should construct the appropriate Component for the type that this component is looking for, setting all of the properties necessary.
The XmlPanel is given in case it is needed to determine properties of the component. Implementors should also consider using the XmlPanel to see if there is already a component with the same type and name in the panel, and use that component, instead of creating a new one. This will help with components retaining the properties they have set in code when runtime editing occurs.

Specified by:

createComponent in interface ComponentCreator

Parameters:

element - XML element to parse through

panel - The XmlPanel that this component is being placed into - for reference only!. This method should not mutate the panel in any way. It is also possible that this parameter could be null, so always check first.

Returns:

The resulting java.awt.Component

See Also:

andrewtest.componentcreator.ComponentCreator#createComponent(org.w3c.dom.Element, andrewtest.XmlPanel)