Package com.dassault_systemes.catweb.base.catlet

   
Class CATletBeanInfo

 
Class Hierarchy
java.lang.Object
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  +-java.beans.SimpleBeanInfo
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        +-com.dassault_systemes.catweb.base.catlet.CATletBeanInfo
Class Location

Framework : PortalBase

Module : PLBbase

Class Description

public abstract class CATletBeanInfo

This is an abstract support class to make it easier for people to provide CATlet BeanInfo classes. This class provides explicit information about the methods, properties, events, etc, of the CATlet (a bean).

Field Summary

Constructor Summary
CATletBeanInfo()
The Default constructor

Method Summary
public BeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor()
Returns the BeanDescriptor information of the CATlet.
protected Class getClass(String string)
Returns a Class from a String It Encapsulates the Class.forName JDK call and catches ClassNotFoundException.
public final EventSetDescriptor[] getEventSetDescriptors()
Returns the default user events published by a CATlet concatened to the list of user events returned by the getPublishedEventDescriptors() method.
public Image getIcon(int iconKind)
Returns an image object that can be used to represent the CATlet
public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors()
Returns an array of PropertyDescriptors describing the editable properties supported by the CATlet.
protected abstract EventSetDescriptor[] getPublishedEventDescriptors()
Returns the user events It must be overriden when the CATlet publishes events on the Hookup.


Field Detail

Constructor Detail

CATletBeanInfo

    CATletBeanInfo()

The Default constructor


Method Detail

getBeanDescriptor

    public BeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor()

Returns the BeanDescriptor information of the CATlet. Should be overriden in order to provides global information on the CATlet.

Return:
java.bean.BeanDescriptor

getClass

    protected Class getClass(String string)

Returns a Class from a String It Encapsulates the Class.forName JDK call and catches ClassNotFoundException.

Parameters:
string
is the name of the class
Return:
java.lang.Class

getEventSetDescriptors

    public final EventSetDescriptor[] getEventSetDescriptors()

Returns the default user events published by a CATlet concatened to the list of user events returned by the getPublishedEventDescriptors() method.

Return:
java.bean.EventSetDescriptor[]

getIcon

    public Image getIcon(int iconKind)

Returns an image object that can be used to represent the CATlet

Parameters:
iconKind
- an integer value ICON_COLOR_32x32 or ICON_COLOR_16x16.
Return:
java.awt.Image

getPropertyDescriptors

    public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors()

Returns an array of PropertyDescriptors describing the editable properties supported by the CATlet. Can be overrided by user but the array of PropertyDescriptors would be concatenated with the inherited array of PropertyDescriptor.


getPublishedEventDescriptors

    protected abstract EventSetDescriptor[] getPublishedEventDescriptors()

Returns the user events It must be overriden when the CATlet publishes events on the Hookup.

Return:
java.bean.EventSetDescriptor[]


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