Package ucar.ui.prefs

Class Field.TextCombo

java.lang.Object

ucar.ui.prefs.Field

ucar.ui.prefs.Field.TextCombo

Enclosing class:

Field

public static class Field.TextCombo
extends Field

A text input field which keeps track of recent choices in a combobox. The order they appear in the combobox choices reflects how recently they were chosen. NOTE: to use this, you must use a PreferencesExt.

The actual stored object type is an ArrayList of Strings. The current choice is the first one in the list, use getText() to obtain it.

See Also:

ComboBox

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ucar.ui.prefs.Field

Field.BeanTableField, Field.CheckBox, Field.Date, Field.Double, Field.EnumCombo, Field.Int, Field.Password, Field.Text, Field.TextArea, Field.TextCombo

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected ComboBox	combo

Fields inherited from class ucar.ui.prefs.Field

label, listenerList, name, popupMenu, previousValue, storeData, validValue

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TextCombo(String fldName, String label, Collection defValues, int n, PersistenceManager storeData)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected boolean	_validate(StringBuffer buff)	See if edit value is valid, put error message in buff.
JComponent	getDeepEditComponent()
JComponent	getEditComponent()	return the editing JComponent
protected Object	getEditValue()	Get current value from editComponent, will be an ArrayList
protected Object	getStoreValue(Object defValue)	Get value from Store, will be an ArrayList or null
String	getText()	Return the current selected value as a String
boolean	isEditable()	can user edit?
void	setEditable(boolean isEditable)	Set whether the field is editable, default == enabled
protected void	setEditValue(Object value)	set value of editComponent, must be a List
protected void	setStoreValue(Object newValue)	Put new value into Store, must be a Collection of Strings
void	setText(String newValue)	Set current selected value of text; send event.
void	setValue(Object value)	Set edit value as an Object.

Methods inherited from class ucar.ui.prefs.Field

accept, acceptIfDifferent, addPopupMenuAction, addPropertyChangeListener, addStandardPopups, addValidator, dfrac, finish, getLabel, getName, getPersistenceManager, getToolTipText, getValue, isEnabled, next, removePropertyChangeListener, restoreValue, sendEvent, setEnabled, setNewValueFromStore, setToolTipText, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

combo

protected ComboBox combo

Constructor Detail

TextCombo

public TextCombo(String fldName,
                 String label,
                 Collection defValues,
                 int n,
                 PersistenceManager storeData)

Constructor.

Parameters:

fldName - name of the field, must be unique within the store.

label - to display to the user

defValues - list of default values to include in the comboBox. May be null. These are added to the combobox (at the end) no matter how many there are.

n - number of most recently used values to keep

storeData - store/fetch data from here, may be null.

See Also:

PrefPanel.addTextComboField(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.Collection, int, boolean)

Method Detail

_validate

protected boolean _validate(StringBuffer buff)

See if edit value is valid, put error message in buff.

Specified by:

_validate in class Field

getEditComponent

public JComponent getEditComponent()

return the editing JComponent

Specified by:

getEditComponent in class Field

getEditValue

protected Object getEditValue()

Get current value from editComponent, will be an ArrayList

Specified by:

getEditValue in class Field

getDeepEditComponent

public JComponent getDeepEditComponent()

Overrides:

getDeepEditComponent in class Field

setEditValue

protected void setEditValue(Object value)

set value of editComponent, must be a List

Specified by:

setEditValue in class Field

getStoreValue

protected Object getStoreValue(Object defValue)

Get value from Store, will be an ArrayList or null

Specified by:

getStoreValue in class Field

setStoreValue

protected void setStoreValue(Object newValue)

Put new value into Store, must be a Collection of Strings

Specified by:

setStoreValue in class Field

getText

public String getText()

Return the current selected value as a String

setText

public void setText(String newValue)

Set current selected value of text; send event.

setValue

public void setValue(Object value)

Set edit value as an Object.

Overrides:

setValue in class Field

isEditable

public boolean isEditable()

can user edit?

Overrides:

isEditable in class Field

setEditable

public void setEditable(boolean isEditable)

Description copied from class: Field

Set whether the field is editable, default == enabled

Overrides:

setEditable in class Field