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javax.ide.view
Class DefaultViewable

java.lang.Object
javax.ide.view.DefaultViewable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Viewable

Direct Known Subclasses:

IDEAction, View

public class DefaultViewable

extends java.lang.Object

implements Viewable

DefaultViewables are objects that map directly to visible GUI elements that users can select such as a menu items, nodes in the project explorer, etc..

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.ide.view.Viewable

PROP_ICON_PATH, PROP_LABEL, PROP_VISIBLE

Constructor Summary

DefaultViewable()

Method Summary

void	addPropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener) Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list.
protected void	firePropertyChange(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object oldVal, java.lang.Object newVal) Fire the property change event.
IconDescription	getIcon() Gets a relative path to the icon.
java.lang.String	getLabel() Get a short descriptive label that can be shown to the user.
java.lang.String	getToolTip() Returns the tool tip text to show when the mouse pointer pauses over a UI component that represents this Viewable.
boolean	isVisible() Get the object visible state.
void	removePropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener) Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.
void	setVisible(boolean visible)
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the label.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultViewable

public DefaultViewable()

Method Detail

getLabel

public java.lang.String getLabel()

Get a short descriptive label that can be shown to the user.

Specified by:

getLabel in interface Viewable

Returns:

A short descriptive label.

getToolTip

public java.lang.String getToolTip()

Description copied from interface: Viewable

Returns the tool tip text to show when the mouse pointer pauses over a UI component that represents this Viewable.

Specified by:

getToolTip in interface Viewable

Returns:

the tooltip to show when the mouse pointer pauses over a UI component that represents this Viewable.

getIcon

public IconDescription getIcon()

Description copied from interface: Viewable

Gets a relative path to the icon. Generally, the is considered translatable, therefore, the path value be placed in an appropriate resource file. The path must be relative the Viewable implementation class file location or the resource file location if one is provided.

Specified by:

getIcon in interface Viewable

Returns:

The icon relative path.

isVisible

public boolean isVisible()

Description copied from interface: Viewable

Get the object visible state.

Specified by:

isVisible in interface Viewable

Returns:

The command visible state.

setVisible

public void setVisible(boolean visible)

addPropertyChangeListener

public void addPropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)

Description copied from interface: Viewable

Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list. A PropertyChangeEvent will be fired in response to setting a bound property.

Specified by:

addPropertyChangeListener in interface Viewable

Parameters:

listener - A PropertyChangeListener.

removePropertyChangeListener

public void removePropertyChangeListener(java.beans.PropertyChangeListener listener)

Description copied from interface: Viewable

Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.

Specified by:

removePropertyChangeListener in interface Viewable

Parameters:

listener - A PropertyChangeListener.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Description copied from interface: Viewable

Returns the label. This overrides the toString method in java.lang.Object.

Implementors of the Viewable interface should override this as appropriate. The default implementation is the same as getLabel()

Specified by:

toString in interface Viewable

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A short label describing this Viewable.

See Also:

Object.toString(), Viewable.getLabel()

firePropertyChange

protected void firePropertyChange(java.lang.String name,
                                  java.lang.Object oldVal,
                                  java.lang.Object newVal)

Fire the property change event. Fires the event for property name only if the oldVal is different from the newVal.

Parameters:

name - The property name.

oldVal - The current value of the specified property.

newVal - The new value of the specified property.

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