com.jgoodies.forms.builder
Class I15dPanelBuilder

java.lang.Object
  com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractBuilder
      com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractFormBuilder
          com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder
              com.jgoodies.forms.builder.I15dPanelBuilder

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultFormBuilder

public class I15dPanelBuilder
extends PanelBuilder

A general purpose builder class that uses the FormLayout to lay out JPanels. In addition to its superclass PanelBuilder this class provides convenience behavior to map resource keys to their associated internationalized (i15d) strings when adding labels, titles and titled separators.

The localized texts used in methods #addI15d* can be marked texts, i.e. strings with an optional mnemonic marker. See the MnemonicUtils class comment for details.

For debugging purposes you can automatically set a tooltip for the created labels that show its resource key. In case of an inproper resource localization, the label will show the wrong text, and the tooltip will help you identify the resource key with the broken localization. This feature can be enabled by calling setDebugToolTipsEnabled. If you want to enable it in a deployed application, you can set the system parameter I15dPanelBuilder.debugToolTipsEnabled to "true".

Subclasses must implement the conversion from resource key to the localized string in #getI15dString(String). For example class I15dPanelBuilder gets a ResourceBundle during construction, and requests strings from that bundle.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Revision: 1.12 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

See Also:

ResourceBundle

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractBuilder

currentCellConstraints

Constructor Summary

I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout, ResourceBundle bundle)
Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given layout and resource bundle.

I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout, ResourceBundle bundle, JPanel container)
Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given FormLayout, resource bundle, and layout container.

I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout, com.jgoodies.common.internal.StringLocalizer localizer)
Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given FormLayout, resource bundle, and layout container.

I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout, com.jgoodies.common.internal.StringLocalizer localizer, JPanel container)
Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given FormLayout, resource bundle, and layout container.

Method Summary

JLabel	addI15dLabel(String resourceKey, CellConstraints constraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints.
JLabel	addI15dLabel(String resourceKey, CellConstraints labelConstraints, Component component, CellConstraints componentConstraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) label and component to the panel using the given cell constraints.
JLabel	addI15dLabel(String resourceKey, String encodedConstraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints.
JLabel	addI15dROLabel(String resourceKey, CellConstraints constraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints that is intended to label a read-only component.
JLabel	addI15dROLabel(String resourceKey, CellConstraints labelConstraints, Component component, CellConstraints componentConstraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) label and component to the panel using the given cell constraints.
JLabel	addI15dROLabel(String resourceKey, String encodedConstraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints that is intended to label a read-only component.
JComponent	addI15dSeparator(String resourceKey, CellConstraints constraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) titled separator to the form using the specified constraints.
JComponent	addI15dSeparator(String resourceKey, String encodedConstraints) Adds an internationalized (i15d) titled separator to the form using the specified constraints.
JLabel	addI15dTitle(String resourceKey, CellConstraints constraints) Adds a title to the form using the specified constraints.
JLabel	addI15dTitle(String resourceKey, String encodedConstraints) Adds a title to the form using the specified constraints.
I15dPanelBuilder	background(Color background) Sets the panel's background color and the panel to be opaque.
I15dPanelBuilder	border(Border border) Sets the panel's border.
I15dPanelBuilder	border(String emptyBorderSpec) Sets the panel's border as an EmptyBorder using the given specification for the top, left, bottom, right in DLU.
protected String	getI15dString(String resourceKey) Looks up and returns the internationalized (i15d) string for the given resource key, for example from a ResourceBundle or ResourceMap.
static boolean	isDebugToolTipsEnabled() Returns whether the debug tool tips are enabled or not.
I15dPanelBuilder	opaque(boolean b) Sets the panel's opaque state.
static void	setDebugToolTipsEnabled(boolean b) Enables or disables the debug tool tips.

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder

add, add, addLabel, addLabel, addLabel, addLabel, addROLabel, addROLabel, addROLabel, addROLabel, addSeparator, addSeparator, addSeparator, addSeparator, addTitle, addTitle, addTitle, build, getLabelForFeatureEnabledDefault, getOpaqueDefault, getPanel, isLabelForApplicable, labelForFeatureEnabled, setBorder, setDefaultDialogBorder, setLabelFor, setLabelForFeatureEnabledDefault, setOpaque, setOpaqueDefault

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractFormBuilder

add, add, appendColumn, appendColumn, appendGlueColumn, appendGlueRow, appendLabelComponentsGapColumn, appendParagraphGapRow, appendRelatedComponentsGapColumn, appendRelatedComponentsGapRow, appendRow, appendRow, appendUnrelatedComponentsGapColumn, appendUnrelatedComponentsGapRow, cellConstraints, createLeftAdjustedConstraints, getColumn, getColumnIncrementSign, getLeadingColumn, getRow, isLeftToRight, nextColumn, nextColumn, nextLine, nextLine, nextRow, nextRow, setAlignment, setBounds, setColumn, setColumnSpan, setExtent, setHAlignment, setLeftToRight, setOrigin, setRow, setRowSpan, setVAlignment

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractBuilder

createComponentFactory, getColumnCount, getComponentFactory, getComponentFactoryDefault, getContainer, getLayout, getRowCount, setComponentFactory, setComponentFactoryDefault

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

I15dPanelBuilder

public I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout,
                        ResourceBundle bundle)

Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given layout and resource bundle. Uses an instance of JPanel as layout container.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout used to layout the container

bundle - the ResourceBundle used to look up i15d strings

Throws:

NullPointerException - if layout or bundle, is null

I15dPanelBuilder

public I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout,
                        ResourceBundle bundle,
                        JPanel container)

Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given FormLayout, resource bundle, and layout container.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout used to layout the container

bundle - the ResourceBundle used to lookup i15d strings

container - the layout container

Throws:

NullPointerException - if layout, bundle, or container is null

I15dPanelBuilder

public I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout,
                        com.jgoodies.common.internal.StringLocalizer localizer)

Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given FormLayout, resource bundle, and layout container.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout used to layout the container

localizer - used to lookup i15d strings

Throws:

NullPointerException - if layout is null

I15dPanelBuilder

public I15dPanelBuilder(FormLayout layout,
                        com.jgoodies.common.internal.StringLocalizer localizer,
                        JPanel container)

Constructs an I15dPanelBuilder for the given FormLayout, resource bundle, and layout container.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout used to layout the container

localizer - used to lookup i15d strings

container - the layout container

Throws:

NullPointerException - if layout or container is null

Method Detail

isDebugToolTipsEnabled

public static boolean isDebugToolTipsEnabled()

Returns whether the debug tool tips are enabled or not.

Returns:

true if debug tool tips are enabled, false if disabled

setDebugToolTipsEnabled

public static void setDebugToolTipsEnabled(boolean b)

Enables or disables the debug tool tips.

Parameters:

b - true to enable, false to disable

background

public I15dPanelBuilder background(Color background)

Description copied from class: PanelBuilder

Sets the panel's background color and the panel to be opaque.

Overrides:

background in class PanelBuilder

Parameters:

background - the color to set as new background

See Also:

JComponent.setBackground(Color)

border

public I15dPanelBuilder border(Border border)

Description copied from class: PanelBuilder

Sets the panel's border.

Overrides:

border in class PanelBuilder

Parameters:

border - the border to set

See Also:

JComponent.setBorder(Border)

border

public I15dPanelBuilder border(String emptyBorderSpec)

Description copied from class: PanelBuilder

Sets the panel's border as an EmptyBorder using the given specification for the top, left, bottom, right in DLU. For example "1dlu, 2dlu, 3dlu, 4dlu" sets an empty border with 1dlu in the top, 2dlu in the left side, 3dlu at the bottom, and 4dlu in the right hand side.

Equivalent to setBorder(Borders.createEmptyBorder(emptyBorderSpec)).

Overrides:

border in class PanelBuilder

Parameters:

emptyBorderSpec - describes the top, left, bottom, right sizes of the EmptyBorder to create

See Also:

Borders.createEmptyBorder(String)

opaque

public I15dPanelBuilder opaque(boolean b)

Description copied from class: PanelBuilder

Sets the panel's opaque state.

Overrides:

opaque in class PanelBuilder

Parameters:

b - true for opaque, false for non-opaque

See Also:

JComponent.setOpaque(boolean)

addI15dLabel

public final JLabel addI15dLabel(String resourceKey,
                                 CellConstraints constraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the label's text

constraints - the label's cell constraints

Returns:

the added label

addI15dLabel

public final JLabel addI15dLabel(String resourceKey,
                                 String encodedConstraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the label's text

encodedConstraints - a string representation for the constraints

Returns:

the added label

addI15dLabel

public final JLabel addI15dLabel(String resourceKey,
                                 CellConstraints labelConstraints,
                                 Component component,
                                 CellConstraints componentConstraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) label and component to the panel using the given cell constraints. Sets the label as the component label using JLabel.setLabelFor(java.awt.Component).

Note: The CellConstraints objects for the label and the component must be different. Cell constraints are implicitly cloned by the FormLayout when added to the container. However, in this case you may be tempted to reuse a CellConstraints object in the same way as with many other builder methods that require a single CellConstraints parameter. The pitfall is that the methods CellConstraints.xy**(...) just set the coordinates but do not create a new instance. And so the second invocation of xy***(...) overrides the settings performed in the first invocation before the object is cloned by the FormLayout.

Wrong:

 builder.addI15dLabel("name.key",
             CC.xy(1, 7),         // will be modified by the code below
             nameField,
             CC.xy(3, 7)          // sets the single instance to (3, 7)
            );
 

Correct:

 builder.addI15dLabel("name.key",
             CC.xy(1, 7).clone(), // cloned before the next modification
             nameField,
             CC.xy(3, 7)          // sets this instance to (3, 7)
            );
 

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the label

labelConstraints - the label's cell constraints

component - the component to add

componentConstraints - the component's cell constraints

Returns:

the added label

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the same cell constraints instance is used for the label and the component

See Also:

JLabel.setLabelFor(java.awt.Component)

addI15dROLabel

public final JLabel addI15dROLabel(String resourceKey,
                                   CellConstraints constraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints that is intended to label a read-only component.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the label's text

constraints - the label's cell constraints

Returns:

the added label

Since:

1.3

addI15dROLabel

public final JLabel addI15dROLabel(String resourceKey,
                                   String encodedConstraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) textual label to the form using the specified constraints that is intended to label a read-only component.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the label's text

encodedConstraints - a string representation for the constraints

Returns:

the added label

Since:

1.3

addI15dROLabel

public final JLabel addI15dROLabel(String resourceKey,
                                   CellConstraints labelConstraints,
                                   Component component,
                                   CellConstraints componentConstraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) label and component to the panel using the given cell constraints. Intended for read-only components. Sets the label as the component label using JLabel.setLabelFor(java.awt.Component).

Note: The CellConstraints objects for the label and the component must be different. Cell constraints are implicitly cloned by the FormLayout when added to the container. However, in this case you may be tempted to reuse a CellConstraints object in the same way as with many other builder methods that require a single CellConstraints parameter. The pitfall is that the methods CellConstraints.xy**(...) just set the coordinates but do not create a new instance. And so the second invocation of xy***(...) overrides the settings performed in the first invocation before the object is cloned by the FormLayout.

Wrong:

 builder.addI15dROLabel("name.key",
             CC.xy(1, 7),         // will be modified by the code below
             nameField,
             CC.xy(3, 7)          // sets the single instance to (3, 7)
            );
 

Correct:

 builder.addI15dROLabel("name.key",
             CC.xy(1, 7).clone(), // cloned before the next modification
             nameField,
             CC.xy(3, 7)          // sets this instance to (3, 7)
            );
 

Better:

 builder.addI15dROLabel("name.key",
             CC.xy(1, 7)          // creates a CellConstraints object
             nameField,
             CC.xy(3, 7)          // creates another CellConstraints object
            );
 

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the label

labelConstraints - the label's cell constraints

component - the component to add

componentConstraints - the component's cell constraints

Returns:

the added label

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the same cell constraints instance is used for the label and the component

Since:

1.3

See Also:

JLabel.setLabelFor(java.awt.Component)

addI15dSeparator

public final JComponent addI15dSeparator(String resourceKey,
                                         CellConstraints constraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) titled separator to the form using the specified constraints.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the separator title

constraints - the separator's cell constraints

Returns:

the added titled separator

addI15dSeparator

public final JComponent addI15dSeparator(String resourceKey,
                                         String encodedConstraints)

Adds an internationalized (i15d) titled separator to the form using the specified constraints.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the separator title

encodedConstraints - a string representation for the constraints

Returns:

the added titled separator

addI15dTitle

public final JLabel addI15dTitle(String resourceKey,
                                 CellConstraints constraints)

Adds a title to the form using the specified constraints.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the separator title

constraints - the separator's cell constraints

Returns:

the added title label

addI15dTitle

public final JLabel addI15dTitle(String resourceKey,
                                 String encodedConstraints)

Adds a title to the form using the specified constraints.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the resource key for the separator title

encodedConstraints - a string representation for the constraints

Returns:

the added title label

getI15dString

protected final String getI15dString(String resourceKey)

Looks up and returns the internationalized (i15d) string for the given resource key, for example from a ResourceBundle or ResourceMap.

Parameters:

resourceKey - the key to look for in the resource map

Returns:

the associated internationalized string, or the resource key itself in case of a missing resource

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the localization is not possible, for example, because no ResourceBundle or StringLocalizer has been set