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org.netbeans.spi.options
Class AdvancedOption

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.spi.options.AdvancedOption

public abstract class AdvancedOption
extends Object
extends Object

Implementation of this class represents one category (like "Ant" or "Form Editor") in Miscellaneous Panel of Options Dialog. It should be registerred in layers:

 <folder name="OptionsDialog">
     <folder name="Advanced">
         <file name="FooAdvancedPanel.instance">
             <attr name="instanceClass" stringvalue="org.foo.FooAdvancedPanel"/>
         </file>
     </folder>
 </folder>

No explicit sorting recognized (may be sorted e.g. by display name).

See Also:: OptionsCategory, OptionsPanelController

Constructor Summary

AdvancedOption()


Method Summary

abstract OptionsPanelController create()
          Returns OptionsPanelController for this category.

abstract String getDisplayName()
          Returns name of category used in Advanced Panel of Options Dialog.

abstract String getTooltip()
          Returns tooltip to be used on category name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Summary
`AdvancedOption()`

Method Summary
`abstract OptionsPanelController`	`create()` Returns `OptionsPanelController` for this category.
`abstract String`	`getDisplayName()` Returns name of category used in Advanced Panel of Options Dialog.
`abstract String`	`getTooltip()` Returns tooltip to be used on category name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

AdvancedOption

public AdvancedOption()

Method Detail

getDisplayName

public abstract String getDisplayName()

Returns name of category used in Advanced Panel of Options Dialog.

Returns:: name of category

getTooltip

public abstract String getTooltip()

Returns tooltip to be used on category name.

Returns:: tooltip for this category

create

public abstract OptionsPanelController create()

Returns OptionsPanelController for this category. PanelController creates visual component to be used inside of Advanced Panel.

Returns:: new instance of OptionsPanelController for this advanced options category