org.swixml.converters
Class BorderConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.swixml.converters.BorderConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class BorderConverter
extends Object
implements Converter

The BorderConverter class defines a converter that creates Border objects based on a provided String. The BorderConverter internally uses the javax.swing.BorderFactory and its static create.. methods to instatiate differnt kinds of borders, based on the given String.
Additional parameters to create a border need to be comma separated and enclosed in parentheses.

Parameter types get converted through the ConverterLibrary. Therefore, only parameter classes are supported that have registered converters in the ConverLibrary.

Examples for Valid XML attribute notations:

 

 
border="MatteBorder(4,4,4,4,red)"
 
border="EmptyBorder(5,5,5,5)"
 
border="TitledBorder(My Title)"
 
border="RaisedBevelBorder"
 
border="TitledBorder(TitledBorder, myTitle, TitledBorder.CENTER, TitledBorder.BELOW_BOTTOM, VERDANA-BOLD-18, blue)"
 
 

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Wolf Paulus

See Also:

BorderFactory, AbstractBorder, ConverterLibrary

Field Summary

static Class

TEMPLATE converter's return type

Constructor Summary

BorderConverter()

Method Summary

Object	convert(Class type, Attribute attr, Localizer localizer) Returns a javax.swing Border
Class	convertsTo() A Converters conversTo method informs about the Class type the converter is returning when its convert method is called

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TEMPLATE

public static final Class TEMPLATE

converter's return type

Constructor Detail

BorderConverter

public BorderConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public Object convert(Class type,
                      Attribute attr,
                      Localizer localizer)

Returns a javax.swing Border

Specified by:

convert in interface Converter

Parameters:

type - Class not used

attr - Attribute value needs to provide Border type name and optional parameter

Returns:

Object runtime type is subclass of AbstractBorder

convertsTo

public Class convertsTo()

A Converters conversTo method informs about the Class type the converter is returning when its convert method is called

Specified by:

convertsTo in interface Converter

Returns:

Class - the Class the converter is returning when its convert method is called