com.plealog.prefs4j.ui

Class PreferenceEditorFactory

java.lang.Object

com.plealog.prefs4j.ui.PreferenceEditorFactory

public class PreferenceEditorFactory
extends Object

This class is a PreferenceEditor factory.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PreferenceEditor	getEditor(PreferenceSection co, HashSet<PreferenceEditor.PROPERTY> props) Creates a new instance of an editor.
static void	registerEditor(String type, PreferenceEditor editor) Register a new editor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getEditor

public static PreferenceEditor getEditor(PreferenceSection co,
                         HashSet<PreferenceEditor.PROPERTY> props)
                                  throws PreferenceException

Creates a new instance of an editor.

Parameters:

co - the PreferenceSection for which the editor has to be created

props - the set of properties to apply to the editor

Returns:

a new instance of an editor

Throws:

PreferenceException

registerEditor

public static void registerEditor(String type,
                  PreferenceEditor editor)

Register a new editor.

Parameters:

type - is an editor type. It can be one of PreferenceEditor.TYPE values or a user defined new string. In the former case, framework-defined default editor will be replaced by the one passed in with argument editor.

editor - a instance of an editor. Please note that this instance will not be returned when calling getEditor(PreferenceSection,HashSet<PreferenceEditor.PROPERTIES>) factory. Instead, the factory will use method newInstance() as defined by PreferenceEditor interface to always return a fresh instance of the editor.