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Dialogs API

org.openide Miscellaneous general classes, especially the util classes to handle a user notifications, displaying dialogs and wizards.

Dialogs API
org.openide	Miscellaneous general classes, especially the util classes to handle a user notifications, displaying dialogs and wizards.

What is New (see all changes)?

Apr 30 '07 New WizardDescriptor constructor.
New WizardDescriptor constructor for subclasses. It allows to eliminate unchecked warnings.
Feb 8 '07 New method getProperties added to WizardDescriptor
New method to get list of all properties of the WizardDescriptor added to the class.
Feb 6 '07 Method notifyLater improved to work before main window is opened
Implementation of method notifyLater improved to work before main window is opened. For example: When method is called from ModuleInstall.restored, then modal dialog is opened and blocks main window until dialog is closed. Typical use case is login dialog.
Feb 2 '07 Generified WizardDescriptor.Panel
WizardDescriptor.Panel and WizardDescriptor.Iterator has been generified to take generic type for data passed into readSettings and storeSettings objects.
Jun 20 '06 New method to asynchronously show messages
Now it is simple to display a message box described by NotifyDescriptor asynchronously using DialogDisplayer.notifyLater .

Use Cases

There is a Wizard Guide Book providing the introductionary information, moreover here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers:

How to change the title of a wizard?

Q: Although none of my panels have names set (using setName() method) and the method name() in the WizardDescriptor.Iterator returns an empty string, I'm getting "wizard ( )" as the title of each panel in my wizard. When I set the name of the panel and return a string from the method name() I get: "panelName wizard (myName)". The wizard steps are labeled correctly, it just the panel title/name that looks like it adds "wizard ()" to any of my panels. I don't mind the "( )", but I would like to rid of the word "wizard".

A: You can change the format of your wizard's title by WizardDescriptor.setTitleFormat(MessageFormat format) and rid of 'wizard' word in the default wizard's title.

Exported Interfaces

This table lists all of the module exported APIs with defined stability classifications. It is generated based on answers to questions about the architecture of the module. Read them all...

Group of java interfaces

Interface Name	In/Out	Stability	Specified in What Document?
DialogsAPI	Exported	Official	.../org/openide/package-summary.html

Implementation Details

Read more about the implementation in the answers to architecture questions.