de.mguennewig.pobjform.swing
Class SwingInputElement

java.lang.Object
  de.mguennewig.pobjform.AbstractFormElement
      de.mguennewig.pobjform.AbstractValueElement
          de.mguennewig.pobjform.AbstractInputElement
              de.mguennewig.pobjform.swing.SwingInputElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

FormElement, InputElement, SwingFormElement, ValueElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

SwingCheckboxElement, SwingReferenceElement, SwingStringElement, SwingTextAreaElement

public abstract class SwingInputElement
extends AbstractInputElement
implements SwingFormElement

Class description goes here.

Author:

Michael Günnewig

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface de.mguennewig.pobjform.InputElement

MAX_INPUT_SIZE, RENDER_AS_DISABLED, RENDER_AS_HIDDEN, RENDER_AS_HIDDEN_WITH_LABEL, RENDER_AS_INPUT, RENDER_AS_TEXT

Constructor Summary

SwingInputElement(PObjSwingForm form, InputEntry entry)
Creates a new SwingInputElement.

Method Summary

javax.swing.JComponent	getErrorComponent() Returns the Swing component to display any errors.
java.lang.Object	getInitialObject() Returns the initial object.
java.lang.String	getInitialString() Returns the string representation of the initial object.
javax.swing.JLabel	getLabelComponent() Returns the Swing component to display the label.
boolean	hasChanged() Tests whether the data for this element has been changed.
void	setCurrentAsInitialState() Copies the current state to the initial state.
void	setInitialString(java.lang.String initial)
void	setLabel(java.lang.String label) Sets the label of this form element to a new value.
void	setRenderAs(int renderAs)
void	updateErrorComponent() Updates the error messages that are displayed by the error component.

Methods inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjform.AbstractInputElement

addChangeListener, getChangeListeners, getInputEntry, getObject, getRenderAs, getType, getVisualString, isHiddenInput, isMandatory, isRightAligned, isVisible, removeChangeListener, setMandatory, setObject, setRightAligned, setVisible, validate

Methods inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjform.AbstractFormElement

appendToList, getContainer, getEntry, getForm, getLabel, getProperty, getPullInPrefix, isPulledIn, omitRowHeader, setProperty, setPullInPrefix, startsNewCell

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface de.mguennewig.pobjform.swing.SwingFormElement

getComponent

Methods inherited from interface de.mguennewig.pobjform.FormElement

appendToList, getContainer, getEntry, getForm, getLabel, getProperty, getPullInPrefix, isMandatory, isPulledIn, isVisible, omitRowHeader, setProperty, setPullInPrefix, setVisible, startsNewCell, validate

Methods inherited from interface de.mguennewig.pobjform.ValueElement

getCurrentString

Constructor Detail

SwingInputElement

public SwingInputElement(PObjSwingForm form,
                         InputEntry entry)

Creates a new SwingInputElement.

Method Detail

setLabel

public void setLabel(java.lang.String label)

Sets the label of this form element to a new value.

Specified by:

setLabel in interface FormElement

Overrides:

setLabel in class AbstractFormElement

setRenderAs

public void setRenderAs(int renderAs)

Specified by:

setRenderAs in interface InputElement

Overrides:

setRenderAs in class AbstractInputElement

hasChanged

public boolean hasChanged()

Description copied from interface: FormElement

Tests whether the data for this element has been changed.

Specified by:

hasChanged in interface FormElement

getInitialObject

public java.lang.Object getInitialObject()

Description copied from interface: ValueElement

Returns the initial object.

Specified by:

getInitialObject in interface ValueElement

getInitialString

public final java.lang.String getInitialString()

Description copied from interface: ValueElement

Returns the string representation of the initial object.

Specified by:

getInitialString in interface ValueElement

setInitialString

public void setInitialString(java.lang.String initial)

setCurrentAsInitialState

public void setCurrentAsInitialState()

Description copied from interface: ValueElement

Copies the current state to the initial state.

Specified by:

setCurrentAsInitialState in interface ValueElement

getLabelComponent

public final javax.swing.JLabel getLabelComponent()

Description copied from interface: SwingFormElement

Returns the Swing component to display the label.

Specified by:

getLabelComponent in interface SwingFormElement

getErrorComponent

public final javax.swing.JComponent getErrorComponent()

Description copied from interface: SwingFormElement

Returns the Swing component to display any errors.

This method must return a valid component for any element that can have an error even if currently no error exists.

Specified by:

getErrorComponent in interface SwingFormElement

Returns:

A Swing component if this element can have any errors, otherwise null is acceptable.

See Also:

SwingFormElement.updateErrorComponent()

updateErrorComponent

public void updateErrorComponent()

Description copied from interface: SwingFormElement

Updates the error messages that are displayed by the error component.

To prevent layout changes of the dialog the error component is always present in the dialog even if no error currently exists. This method will be called every time possible error messages have been added to the form.

Specified by:

updateErrorComponent in interface SwingFormElement

See Also:

SwingFormElement.getErrorComponent(), PObjForm.addMessage(String,de.mguennewig.pobjform.Message)