orbital.awt
Class UIUtilities

java.lang.Object
  orbital.awt.UIUtilities

public final class UIUtilities
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for User-Interface.

Author:

André Platzer

See Also:

Utility, SwingUtilities

Stereotype:

Utilities

Method Summary

static void	addLookAndFeelMenuItems(java.awt.Component root, javax.swing.JMenu view) Adds pluggable look-and-feel menu items to a menu.
static void	drawCenteredString(java.awt.Graphics g, java.lang.String text, int cx, int cy) draws a centered String.
static java.awt.Frame	getParentalFrame(java.awt.Component n) Deprecated. Use SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Frame.class, n) instead.
static java.awt.Window	getParentalWindow(java.awt.Component n) Deprecated. Use SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Window.class, n) instead.
static java.lang.String	info(java.beans.FeatureDescriptor desc) Get Information on a feature descriptor.
static java.lang.String	info(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor desc) Get Information on a property descriptor.
static void	printBean(java.lang.Class beanClass)
static void	printBean(java.lang.Class beanClass, java.io.PrintStream ps) Print Information on a bean.
static void	setCenter(java.awt.Component comp) Center a component on the screen.
static void	setCenter(java.awt.Component comp, java.awt.Component parent) Center a component within a parental component.
static void	setDefaultLookAndFeel() Set the system default look and feel.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

setCenter

public static void setCenter(java.awt.Component comp,
                             java.awt.Component parent)

Center a component within a parental component.

Parameters:

comp - the component to be centered.

parent - center relative to what. null to center relative to screen.

See Also:

setCenter(Component)

setCenter

public static void setCenter(java.awt.Component comp)

Center a component on the screen.

Parameters:

comp - the component to be centered relative to the screen. It must already have its final size set.

Preconditions:

comp.getSize() as on screen.

drawCenteredString

public static void drawCenteredString(java.awt.Graphics g,
                                      java.lang.String text,
                                      int cx,
                                      int cy)

draws a centered String.

getParentalWindow

public static java.awt.Window getParentalWindow(java.awt.Component n)

Deprecated. Use SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Window.class, n) instead.

Get the Window a Component is contained in.

Traverses parents until a Window is found.

Returns:

the first parent window or null if none.

See Also:

SwingUtilities.windowForComponent(java.awt.Component), SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Class, Component)

getParentalFrame

public static java.awt.Frame getParentalFrame(java.awt.Component n)

Deprecated. Use SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Frame.class, n) instead.

Get the Frame a Component is contained in.

Traverses parents until a Frame is found.

Returns:

the first parent frame or null if none.

See Also:

SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Class, Component)

addLookAndFeelMenuItems

public static void addLookAndFeelMenuItems(java.awt.Component root,
                                           javax.swing.JMenu view)

Adds pluggable look-and-feel menu items to a menu.

Parameters:

root - which root component to set the look and feel for.

view - the menu to add the Look and Feel chooser items.

setDefaultLookAndFeel

public static void setDefaultLookAndFeel()

Set the system default look and feel.

See Also:

UIManager

printBean

public static void printBean(java.lang.Class beanClass)

printBean

public static void printBean(java.lang.Class beanClass,
                             java.io.PrintStream ps)

Print Information on a bean.

info

public static java.lang.String info(java.beans.FeatureDescriptor desc)

Get Information on a feature descriptor.

info

public static java.lang.String info(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor desc)

Get Information on a property descriptor.