com.jgoodies.forms.factories

Interface ComponentFactory2

All Superinterfaces:

ComponentFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultComponentFactory

public interface ComponentFactory2
extends ComponentFactory

An extension to the ComponentFactory interface that describes the describes the read-only label creation introduced by the Forms 1.3. In version 1.4 it has been further extended to create buttons for Actions.

Note: This interface shall be merged with the ComponentFactory interface in the Forms 2.0.

Since:

1.3

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

See Also:

DefaultComponentFactory, PanelBuilder

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
javax.swing.JButton	createButton(javax.swing.Action action) Creates and returns a button that is bound to the given Action.
javax.swing.JLabel	createReadOnlyLabel(java.lang.String textWithMnemonic) Creates and returns a label with an optional mnemonic that is intended to label a read-only component.

Methods inherited from interface com.jgoodies.forms.factories.ComponentFactory

createLabel, createSeparator, createTitle

Method Detail

createReadOnlyLabel

javax.swing.JLabel createReadOnlyLabel(java.lang.String textWithMnemonic)

Creates and returns a label with an optional mnemonic that is intended to label a read-only component.

 createReadOnlyLabel("Name");       // No mnemonic
 createReadOnlyLabel("N&ame");      // Mnemonic is 'a'
 createReadOnlyLabel("Save &as");   // Mnemonic is the second 'a'
 createReadOnlyLabel("Look&&Feel"); // No mnemonic, text is Look&Feel
 

Parameters:

textWithMnemonic - the label's text - may contain an ampersand (&) to mark a mnemonic

Returns:

an label with optional mnemonic intended for read-only components

Since:

1.3

createButton

javax.swing.JButton createButton(javax.swing.Action action)

Creates and returns a button that is bound to the given Action. Useful to return customized buttons, for example, the JGoodies JGButton is bound to some custom Action properties.

Parameters:

action - provides [bound] visual properties for the button

Returns:

the created button

Since:

1.4