Static Public Member Functions
static JButton	createJButton (Class actionClass)
static JButton	createJButton (TopComponent tc, Class actionClass)
static JButton	createJButton (SystemAction act)
static JButton	createJButton (Action act)
static JPanel	createJButtonPanel (Class[] actionClasses)
static JPanel	createJButtonPanel (TopComponent tc, Class[] actionClasses)
static JComponent	addJButtons (JComponent comp, Class[] actionClasses)
static ImageIcon	getBlankIcon ()
static Action	actionForComp (TopComponent tc, Class action)

Detailed Description

A few utility methods for Actions. This is partly an extension to the functionality in openide.awt.Actions.

Author:: Vito Baggiolini

Version:

Revision:: 1.2

Date:: 2006/09/25 08:52:36

Member Function Documentation

static Action cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.actionForComp	(	TopComponent	tc,
		Class	action
	)			`[static]`

helper method, creates an action that is "connected" to the nodes inside a TopComponent. This makes it possible to create Action Buttons that listen to nodes in an Explorer but are located outside the Explorer's TopComponent

Parameters:

	tc	the TopComponent (e.g. Explorer) to connect to
	action	the action class

Returns:: the Context aware Action instance

Since:: 2.0.5

References org.openide.windows.TopComponent.getLookup().

Referenced by cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton().

static JComponent cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.addJButtons	(	JComponent	comp,
		Class[]	actionClasses
	)			`[static]`

Utility method, adds JButtons corresponding to the actionClasses to a JComponent

Returns:: the JComponent passed as first paraameter, with the buttons added

Deprecated:: -- tell us (proj-gp-dev@cern.ch) if you really need it!

References cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton().

Referenced by cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButtonPanel().

static JButton cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton ( Action act ) [static]

creates a JButton for the Action itself. You should not need to use this method, rather use createJButton(Class) If you find you need to use this action, please do not create actions yourself, use the or #actionForComp(TopComponent, Class) instead.

See also:: createJButton(Class) for more explanations

Returns:: a JButton

Since:: 2.0.5

static JButton cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton ( SystemAction act ) [static]

creates a JButton for the SystemAction itself. You should not need to use this method, rather use createJButton(Class) If you find you need to use this action, please do not create actions yourself, use the or #actionForComp(TopComponent, Class) instead.

See also:: createJButton(Class) for more explanations

Returns:: a JButton

Deprecated:: -- use createJButton(Action)

static JButton cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton	(	TopComponent	tc,
		Class	actionClass
	)			`[static]`

creates a JButton for the action class that listens to Nodes in the specified TopComponent. This is useful, e.g. when you want to place the JButton in a separate TopComponent (i.e. not in the Explorer TopComponent itself)

Parameters:

	tc	the TopComponent that contains the nodes (typically this is an Explorer)
	actionClass	an action supported by one or more of the nodes in the TopComponent

Returns:: a JButton

Since:: 2.0.5

References cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.actionForComp(), and cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton().

static JButton cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton ( Class actionClass ) [static]

creates a JButton for the action class. This button takes its icon, description, shortcut etc from the action class. It is enabled whenever the action is enabled.

Returns:: a JButton

Referenced by cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.addJButtons(), cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton(), and cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButtonPanel().

static JPanel cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButtonPanel	(	TopComponent	tc,
		Class[]	actionClasses
	)			`[static]`

creates a JPanel with JButtons for action classes that listen to Nodes in the specified TopComponent. This is useful, e.g.when you want to place the Buttons in a separate TopComponent (i.e. not in the Explorer TopComponent itself).

Parameters:

	tc	the TopComponent that contains the nodes (typically this is an Explorer)
	actionClasses	actions supported by one or more of the nodes in the TopComponent

Returns:: a JButton

Since:: 2.0.5

References cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButton(), and cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButtonPanel().

static JPanel cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButtonPanel ( Class[] actionClasses ) [static]

creates a JPanel with JButtons for the actions specified. The JPanel uses a FlowLayout. If you don't like the JPanel, you can create the JPanel (or other component) yourself and use addJButtons

Returns:: JPanel the panel containing the buttons

References cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.addJButtons().

Referenced by cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.createJButtonPanel().

static ImageIcon cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils.getBlankIcon ( ) [static]

utility method, returns a blank icon, can be used if an existing icon shall be "hidden"

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

ActionUtils.java

cern.gp.actions.support.ActionUtils Class Reference

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