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org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.support
Class ProjectCustomizer

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.support.ProjectCustomizer

public final class ProjectCustomizer
extends Object

Support for creating dialogs which can be used as project customizers. The dialog may display multiple panels or categories.

See Also:: CustomizerProvider, org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.support.ProjectCustomizer#Category

Nested Class Summary

static class ProjectCustomizer.Category
          Describes category of properties to be customized by given component

static interface ProjectCustomizer.CategoryComponentProvider
          Provides components for categories.

Method Summary

static Dialog createCustomizerDialog(ProjectCustomizer.Category[] categories, ProjectCustomizer.CategoryComponentProvider componentProvider, String preselectedCategory, ActionListener okOptionListener, HelpCtx helpCtx)
          Creates standard which can be used for implementation of CustomizerProvider.

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Method Detail

createCustomizerDialog

public static Dialog createCustomizerDialog(ProjectCustomizer.Category[] categories,
                                            ProjectCustomizer.CategoryComponentProvider componentProvider,
                                            String preselectedCategory,
                                            ActionListener okOptionListener,
                                            HelpCtx helpCtx)

Creates standard which can be used for implementation of CustomizerProvider. You don't need to call pack() method on the dialog. The resulting dialog will be non-modal.
Call show() on the dialog to make it visible. If you want the dialog to be closed after user presses the "OK" button you have to call hide() and dispose() on it. (Usually in the actionPerformed(...) method of the listener you provided as a parameter. In case of the click on the "Cancel" button the dialog will be closed automatically.

Parameters:: categories - array of descriptions of categories to be shown in the dialog. Note that categories have the valid property. If any of the given categories is not valid cusomizer's OK button will be disabled until all categories become valid again.; componentProvider - creator of GUI components for categories in the customizer dialog.; preselectedCategory - name of one of the supplied categories or null. Category with given name will be selected. If null or if the category of given name does not exist the first category will be selected.; okOptionListener - listener which will be notified when the user presses the OK button.; helpCtx - Help context for the dialog, which will be used when the panels in the customizer do not specify their own help context.
Returns:: standard project customizer dialog.