info.joseluismartin.gui.form
Class FormUtils

java.lang.Object
  info.joseluismartin.gui.form.FormUtils

public abstract class FormUtils
extends Object

Static utility library for use in Swing Forms

Author:

Jose Luis Martin - (jlm@joseluismartin.info)

Field Summary

static Icon	CANCEL_ICON
static Icon	OK_ICON

Constructor Summary

FormUtils()

Method Summary

static Border	createEmptyBorder(int size) Creates empty border
static Border	createTitledBorder(String name) Create Titled Border
static List<Object>	getComboModelList(ComboBoxModel model) Return a List of Objects from a ComboBoxModel
static Icon	getIcon(Icon icon, String url) Load icon if icon = null, else return icon.
static Icon	getIcon(String url) Load Icon from url
static void	link(JComboBox primary, JComboBox dependent, String propertyName)
static void	link(JComboBox primary, JComboBox dependent, String propertyName, boolean addNull) Add a link on primary and dependent JComboBoxes by property name.
static JButton	newCancelButton() Get Default OK Button from LookAndFeel (like JOptionPane)
static JComboBox	newCombo(int chars)
static JDialog	newDialog(Component component) Creates a new JDialog with default accept/cancel buttons
static JDialog	newDialog(Window owner, Component component) Creates a new JDialog with default accept/cancel buttons
static JLabel	newLabelForBox(String message)
static JButton	newOKButton() Get Default OK Button from LookAndFeel (like JOptionPane)
static void	setBold(JLabel label) Make font of JLabel bold
static void	showError(Component parent, String message) Show error message
static void	showError(String message) Show error message
static JMenu	toMenu(List<Action> actions) Make a JMenu from an Action List

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CANCEL_ICON

public static final Icon CANCEL_ICON

OK_ICON

public static final Icon OK_ICON

Constructor Detail

FormUtils

public FormUtils()

Method Detail

link

public static void link(JComboBox primary,
                        JComboBox dependent,
                        String propertyName)

link

public static void link(JComboBox primary,
                        JComboBox dependent,
                        String propertyName,
                        boolean addNull)

Add a link on primary and dependent JComboBoxes by property name. When selection changes on primary use propertyName to get a Collection and fill dependent JComboBox with it

Parameters:

primary - JComboBox when selection changes

dependent - JComboBox that are filled with collection

propertyName - the property name for get the collection from primary selected item

addNull - if true, add a null as first combobox item

getComboModelList

public static List<Object> getComboModelList(ComboBoxModel model)

Return a List of Objects from a ComboBoxModel

Parameters:

model - ComboBoxModel

Returns:

a list of Objects with ComboBoxModel items

newCombo

public static JComboBox newCombo(int chars)

setBold

public static void setBold(JLabel label)

Make font of JLabel bold

Parameters:

label - JLabel to make bold

createTitledBorder

public static Border createTitledBorder(String name)

Create Titled Border

Parameters:

name - the title

Returns:

Border

newOKButton

public static JButton newOKButton()

Get Default OK Button from LookAndFeel (like JOptionPane)

newCancelButton

public static JButton newCancelButton()

Get Default OK Button from LookAndFeel (like JOptionPane)

getIcon

public static Icon getIcon(String url)

Load Icon from url

Parameters:

url -

Returns:

Icon, null on faliure

getIcon

public static Icon getIcon(Icon icon,
                           String url)

Load icon if icon = null, else return icon.

Parameters:

icon - icon to load

url - String with url

Returns:

icon

toMenu

public static JMenu toMenu(List<Action> actions)

Make a JMenu from an Action List

Parameters:

actions - the Action List

Returns:

JMenu

newLabelForBox

public static JLabel newLabelForBox(String message)

Parameters:

message -

Returns:

JLabel

showError

public static void showError(String message)

Show error message

Parameters:

message - message to show

showError

public static void showError(Component parent,
                             String message)

Show error message

Parameters:

parent - component parent

message - message to show

newDialog

public static JDialog newDialog(Component component)

Creates a new JDialog with default accept/cancel buttons

Parameters:

component - to show in

Returns:

new created dialog

newDialog

public static JDialog newDialog(Window owner,
                                Component component)

Creates a new JDialog with default accept/cancel buttons

Parameters:

owner - owner window

component - component to show in

Returns:

new crated dialog

createEmptyBorder

public static Border createEmptyBorder(int size)

Creates empty border

Parameters:

size - border size

Returns:

empty border