com.jgoodies.forms.factories
Class DefaultComponentFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.jgoodies.forms.factories.DefaultComponentFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ComponentFactory

public class DefaultComponentFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements ComponentFactory

A singleton implementaton of the ComponentFactory interface that creates UI components as required by the PanelBuilder.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

Method Summary

javax.swing.JLabel	createLabel(java.lang.String textWithMnemonic) Creates and answers a label with an optional mnemonic.
javax.swing.JComponent	createSeparator(java.lang.String text) Creates and answers a label with separator on the left hand side.
javax.swing.JComponent	createSeparator(java.lang.String text, int alignment) Creates and answers a label with separator; useful to separate paragraphs in a panel.
javax.swing.JLabel	createTitle(java.lang.String textWithMnemonic) Creates and answers a label that uses the foreground color and font of a TitledBorder.
static DefaultComponentFactory	getInstance() Returns the sole instance of this factory class.
static void	setTextAndMnemonic(javax.swing.JLabel label, java.lang.String textWithMnemonic) Sets the text of the given label and optionally a mnemonic.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DefaultComponentFactory getInstance()

Returns the sole instance of this factory class.

Returns:

the sole instance of this factory class

createLabel

public javax.swing.JLabel createLabel(java.lang.String textWithMnemonic)

Creates and answers a label with an optional mnemonic.

Specified by:

createLabel in interface ComponentFactory

Parameters:

textWithMnemonic - the label's text - may contain a mnemonic

Returns:

an label with optional mnemonic

createTitle

public javax.swing.JLabel createTitle(java.lang.String textWithMnemonic)

Creates and answers a label that uses the foreground color and font of a TitledBorder.

Specified by:

createTitle in interface ComponentFactory

Parameters:

textWithMnemonic - the title's text - may contain a mnemonic

Returns:

an emphasized title label

createSeparator

public javax.swing.JComponent createSeparator(java.lang.String text)

Creates and answers a label with separator on the left hand side. Useful to separate paragraphs in a panel. This is often a better choice than a TitledBorder.

The current implementation doesn't support component alignments.

Parameters:

text - the title's text

Returns:

a title label with separator on the side

createSeparator

public javax.swing.JComponent createSeparator(java.lang.String text,
                                              int alignment)

Creates and answers a label with separator; useful to separate paragraphs in a panel. This is often a better choice than a TitledBorder.

The current implementation doesn't support component alignments.

Specified by:

createSeparator in interface ComponentFactory

Parameters:

text - the title's text

alignment - text alignment: left, center, right

Returns:

a separator with title label

setTextAndMnemonic

public static void setTextAndMnemonic(javax.swing.JLabel label,
                                      java.lang.String textWithMnemonic)

Sets the text of the given label and optionally a mnemonic. The given text may contain mnemonic markers &&, where such a marker indicates that the following character shall be the mnemonic. If you want to use the \& charachter, just put two together, for example "&&&&".

Parameters:

label - the label that gets a mnemonic

textWithMnemonic - the text with optional mnemonic marker