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org.openide.nodes
Class Node.Property

java.lang.Object
  java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
      org.openide.nodes.Node.Property

Direct Known Subclasses:: Node.IndexedProperty, PropertySupport, PropertySupport.Reflection

Enclosing class:: Node

public abstract static class Node.Property
extends FeatureDescriptor

Description of a Bean property on a node, and operations on it.

You may associate context help with this object, if desired, by setting a custom property with the name helpID and value of type String giving a help ID. Normally this is unnecessary as help for the whole Node will be used by default.

Important: the code name you use for the property is relevant not only for making properties of a node unique, but also for firing property changes.

Constructor Summary

Node.Property(Class valueType)
          Constructor.

Method Summary

abstract boolean canRead()
          Test whether the property is readable.

abstract boolean canWrite()
          Test whether the property is writable.

boolean equals(Object property)


String getHtmlDisplayName()
          Return a variant of the display name containing HTML markup conforming to the limited subset of font-markup HTML supported by the lightweight HTML renderer org.openide.awt.HtmlRenderer (font color, bold, italic and strikethrough supported; font colors can be UIManager color keys if they are prefixed with a ! character, i.e.

PropertyEditor getPropertyEditor()
          Get a property editor for this property.

abstract Object getValue()
          Get the value.

Class getValueType()
          Get the value type.

int hashCode()


boolean isDefaultValue()
          This method indicates whether the current value is the same as the value that would otherwise be restored by calling restoreDefaultValue() (if supportsDefaultValue() returns true).

void restoreDefaultValue()
          Restore this property to its default value, if supported.

abstract void setValue(Object val)
          Set the value.

boolean supportsDefaultValue()
          Test whether the property had a default value.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

attributeNames, getDisplayName, getName, getShortDescription, getValue, isExpert, isHidden, isPreferred, setDisplayName, setExpert, setHidden, setName, setPreferred, setShortDescription, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Node.Property

public Node.Property(Class valueType)

Constructor.
Parameters:: valueType - type of the property

Method Detail

getValueType

public Class getValueType()

Get the value type. This is the representation class of the property. Remember that e.g. Boolean.class means that values are Boolean objects; to specify the primitive type, use e.g. Boolean.TYPE. In the latter case, getValue() and setValue(java.lang.Object) will still operate on the wrapper object.

Returns:: the type

canRead

public abstract boolean canRead()

Test whether the property is readable.

Returns:: true if it is

getValue

public abstract Object getValue()
                         throws IllegalAccessException,
                                InvocationTargetException

Get the value.

Returns:: the value of the property
Throws:: IllegalAccessException - cannot access the called method; InvocationTargetException - an exception during invocation

canWrite

public abstract boolean canWrite()

Test whether the property is writable.

Returns:: true if the read of the value is supported

setValue

public abstract void setValue(Object val)
                       throws IllegalAccessException,
                              IllegalArgumentException,
                              InvocationTargetException

Set the value.

Parameters:: val - the new value of the property
Throws:: IllegalAccessException - cannot access the called method; IllegalArgumentException - wrong argument; InvocationTargetException - an exception during invocation

supportsDefaultValue

public boolean supportsDefaultValue()

Test whether the property had a default value.

Returns:: true if it does (false by default)

restoreDefaultValue

public void restoreDefaultValue()
                         throws IllegalAccessException,
                                InvocationTargetException

Restore this property to its default value, if supported. In the default implementation, does nothing. Typically you would just call e.g. setValue(default). Note that it is not permitted for this call to throw IllegalArgumentException, though the other two exceptions from setValue(java.lang.Object) may be passed through.

Throws:: IllegalAccessException - cannot access the called method; InvocationTargetException - an exception during invocation

isDefaultValue

public boolean isDefaultValue()

This method indicates whether the current value is the same as the value that would otherwise be restored by calling restoreDefaultValue() (if supportsDefaultValue() returns true). The default implementation returns true and it is recommended to also return true when supportsDefaultValue() returns false (if we do not support default value any value can be considered as the default). If supportsDefaultValue() returns false this method will not be called by the default implementation of property sheet.

Since:: 3.19

getPropertyEditor

public PropertyEditor getPropertyEditor()

Get a property editor for this property. The default implementation tries to use PropertyEditorManager.

Returns:: the property editor, or null if there is no editor

equals

public boolean equals(Object property)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

getHtmlDisplayName

public String getHtmlDisplayName()

Return a variant of the display name containing HTML markup conforming to the limited subset of font-markup HTML supported by the lightweight HTML renderer org.openide.awt.HtmlRenderer (font color, bold, italic and strikethrough supported; font colors can be UIManager color keys if they are prefixed with a ! character, i.e. <font color=&'controlShadow'>). Enclosing html tags are not needed.

This method should return either an HTML display name or null; it should not return the non-html display name.

Returns:: a String containing conformant, legal HTML markup which represents the display name, or null. The default implementation returns null.
Since:: 4.30
See Also:: HtmlRenderer

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Constructor Summary
`Node.Property(Class valueType)` Constructor.

Method Summary
`abstract boolean`	`canRead()` Test whether the property is readable.
`abstract boolean`	`canWrite()` Test whether the property is writable.
`boolean`	`equals(Object property)`
`String`	`getHtmlDisplayName()` Return a variant of the display name containing HTML markup conforming to the limited subset of font-markup HTML supported by the lightweight HTML renderer org.openide.awt.HtmlRenderer (font color, bold, italic and strikethrough supported; font colors can be UIManager color keys if they are prefixed with a ! character, i.e.
`PropertyEditor`	`getPropertyEditor()` Get a property editor for this property.
`abstract Object`	`getValue()` Get the value.
`Class`	`getValueType()` Get the value type.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`boolean`	`isDefaultValue()` This method indicates whether the current value is the same as the value that would otherwise be restored by calling `restoreDefaultValue()` (if `supportsDefaultValue()` returns true).
`void`	`restoreDefaultValue()` Restore this property to its default value, if supported.
`abstract void`	`setValue(Object val)` Set the value.
`boolean`	`supportsDefaultValue()` Test whether the property had a default value.