edu.umd.cfar.lamp.apploader.propertysheets
Interface InstancePropertyDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExplicitPropertyDescriptor

public interface InstancePropertyDescriptor

Describes a property of a given instance of a class.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	applyGetter(java.lang.Object bean) Get the value from the bean instance.
void	applySetter(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.Object toValue) Set the value of this property on the given bean
java.lang.Class	getBeanType() Gets the java class of the bean.
javax.swing.JComponent	getEditor(java.lang.Object bean, AppLoader core) Gets the associated cell editor for the property
PropertyInterfacer	getInterfacer() Get a property interfacer for the bean.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the display name of the property.
javax.swing.JComponent	getRenderer(java.lang.Object bean, AppLoader core) Gets the associated cell renderer for the property.
boolean	isSettable(java.lang.Object bean) Checks to see if the property is currently settable on the given instance bean.
void	setInterfacer(PropertyInterfacer functor) Set the interfacer for the property.

Method Detail

applyGetter

public java.lang.Object applyGetter(java.lang.Object bean)

Get the value from the bean instance.

Parameters:

bean - The instance to get this property from

Returns:

The value of the bean

Throws:

PropertyException - When the value can't be extracted.

applySetter

public void applySetter(java.lang.Object bean,
                        java.lang.Object toValue)

Set the value of this property on the given bean

Parameters:

bean - The instance to set this property of

toValue - The new value for the property

Throws:

PropertyException - When the value can't be set.

isSettable

public boolean isSettable(java.lang.Object bean)

Checks to see if the property is currently settable on the given instance bean.

Parameters:

bean - the instance to check

Returns:

false if the bean may not be set

getEditor

public javax.swing.JComponent getEditor(java.lang.Object bean,
                                        AppLoader core)
                                 throws PreferenceException

Gets the associated cell editor for the property

Parameters:

bean -

core -

Returns:

Throws:

PreferenceException

getRenderer

public javax.swing.JComponent getRenderer(java.lang.Object bean,
                                          AppLoader core)
                                   throws PreferenceException

Gets the associated cell renderer for the property.

Parameters:

bean -

core -

Returns:

Throws:

PreferenceException

getInterfacer

public PropertyInterfacer getInterfacer()

Get a property interfacer for the bean.

Returns:

setInterfacer

public void setInterfacer(PropertyInterfacer functor)

Set the interfacer for the property.

Parameters:

functor -

getBeanType

public java.lang.Class getBeanType()

Gets the java class of the bean.

Returns:

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the display name of the property.

Returns: