com.jgoodies.forms.debug
Class FormDebugUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.jgoodies.forms.debug.FormDebugUtils

public final class FormDebugUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Provides static methods that help you understand and fix layout problems when using the FormLayout. Therefore it can dump information about the layout grid, layout groups and cell constraints to the console.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

Constructor Summary

FormDebugUtils()

Method Summary

static void	dumpAll(java.awt.Container container) Dumps all layout state to the console: column and row specifications, column and row groups, grid bounds and cell constraints.
static void	dumpColumnGroups(FormLayout layout) Dumps the layout's column groups to the console.
static void	dumpColumnSpecs(FormLayout layout) Dumps the layout's column specifications to the console.
static void	dumpConstraints(java.awt.Container container) Dumps the component constraints to the console.
static void	dumpGridBounds(java.awt.Container container) Dumps the container's grid info to the console if and only if the container's layout is a FormLayout.
static void	dumpGridBounds(FormLayout.LayoutInfo layoutInfo) Dumps the grid layout info to the console.
static void	dumpRowGroups(FormLayout layout) Dumps the layout's row groups to the console.
static void	dumpRowSpecs(FormLayout layout) Dumps the layout's row specifications to the console.
static FormLayout.LayoutInfo	getLayoutInfo(java.awt.Container container) Computes and answers the layout's grid origins.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FormDebugUtils

public FormDebugUtils()

Method Detail

dumpAll

public static void dumpAll(java.awt.Container container)

Dumps all layout state to the console: column and row specifications, column and row groups, grid bounds and cell constraints.

dumpColumnSpecs

public static void dumpColumnSpecs(FormLayout layout)

Dumps the layout's column specifications to the console.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout to inspect

dumpRowSpecs

public static void dumpRowSpecs(FormLayout layout)

Dumps the layout's row specifications to the console.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout to inspect

dumpColumnGroups

public static void dumpColumnGroups(FormLayout layout)

Dumps the layout's column groups to the console.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout to inspect

dumpRowGroups

public static void dumpRowGroups(FormLayout layout)

Dumps the layout's row groups to the console.

Parameters:

layout - the FormLayout to inspect

dumpGridBounds

public static void dumpGridBounds(java.awt.Container container)

Dumps the container's grid info to the console if and only if the container's layout is a FormLayout.

Parameters:

container - the container to inspect

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the layout is not FormLayout

dumpGridBounds

public static void dumpGridBounds(FormLayout.LayoutInfo layoutInfo)

Dumps the grid layout info to the console.

Parameters:

layoutInfo - provides the column and row origins

dumpConstraints

public static void dumpConstraints(java.awt.Container container)

Dumps the component constraints to the console.

Parameters:

container - the layout container to inspect

getLayoutInfo

public static FormLayout.LayoutInfo getLayoutInfo(java.awt.Container container)

Computes and answers the layout's grid origins.

Parameters:

container - the layout container to inspect

Returns:

an object that comprises the cell origins and extents

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the layout is not FormLayout