com.jgoodies.forms.extras
Class PanelBuilder2

java.lang.Object
  com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractFormBuilder
      com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder
          com.jgoodies.forms.extras.PanelBuilder2

public class PanelBuilder2
extends PanelBuilder

Adds a feature to its superclass PanelBuilder that labels with a mnemonic are associated with the next added focusable component. This feature shall be moved to the PanelBuilder.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

Constructor Summary

PanelBuilder2(FormLayout layout)
Constructs a PanelBuilder2 for the given layout.

PanelBuilder2(FormLayout layout, JPanel panel)
Constructs a PanelBuilder2 for the given FormLayout and layout container.

Method Summary

Component	add(Component component, CellConstraints cellConstraints) Adds a component to the panel using the given cell constraints.
protected boolean	isLabelForApplicable(Component component) Checks and answers whether the given component shall be set as component for a previously added label with mnemonic using JLabel.setLabelFor(Component).
protected boolean	isLabelForFeatureActive() Checks and answers whether the labelFor feature is active for this builder.

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder

add, addLabel, addLabel, addLabel, addLabel, addSeparator, addSeparator, addSeparator, addSeparator, addTitle, addTitle, addTitle, getComponentFactory, getPanel, setBackground, setBorder, setComponentFactory, setDefaultDialogBorder, setOpaque

Methods inherited from class com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractFormBuilder

add, add, appendColumn, appendColumn, appendGlueColumn, appendGlueRow, appendLabelComponentsGapColumn, appendParagraphGapRow, appendRelatedComponentsGapColumn, appendRelatedComponentsGapRow, appendRow, appendRow, appendUnrelatedComponentsGapColumn, appendUnrelatedComponentsGapRow, cellConstraints, createLeftAdjustedConstraints, getColumn, getColumnCount, getColumnIncrementSign, getContainer, getLayout, getLeadingColumn, getRow, getRowCount, isLeftToRight, nextColumn, nextColumn, nextLine, nextLine, nextRow, nextRow, setAlignment, setBounds, setColumn, setColumnSpan, setExtent, setHAlignment, setLeftToRight, setOrigin, setRow, setRowSpan, setVAlignment

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PanelBuilder2

public PanelBuilder2(FormLayout layout)

Constructs a PanelBuilder2 for the given layout. Uses an instance of JPanel as layout container with the given layout as layout manager.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout to use

PanelBuilder2

public PanelBuilder2(FormLayout layout,
                     JPanel panel)

Constructs a PanelBuilder2 for the given FormLayout and layout container.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout to use

panel - the layout container to build on

Method Detail

add

public Component add(Component component,
                     CellConstraints cellConstraints)

Adds a component to the panel using the given cell constraints. In addition to the superclass behavior, this implementation tracks the most recently label that has mnemonic, and associates it with the next added focusable component.

Overrides:

add in class AbstractFormBuilder

Parameters:

component - the component to add

cellConstraints - the component's cell constraints

Returns:

the added component

See Also:

isLabelForFeatureActive(), isLabelForApplicable(Component)

isLabelForFeatureActive

protected boolean isLabelForFeatureActive()

Checks and answers whether the labelFor feature is active for this builder.

Returns:

true for active, false for inactive

isLabelForApplicable

protected boolean isLabelForApplicable(Component component)

Checks and answers whether the given component shall be set as component for a previously added label with mnemonic using JLabel.setLabelFor(Component). The current implementation just checks whether the component is focusable.

Parameters:

component - the component to be checked

Returns:

true if focusable, false otherwise