de.grogra.util
Interface Described

All Known Subinterfaces:

GraphSelection, KeyDescription, Selection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AdditionalNodeFieldsEditor, And, Application, Argument, Array, Attribute, AttributeItem, Block, BooleanAttribute, BooleanEditor, BooleanTreeAttribute, ButtonEditor, ByteAttribute, ByteTreeAttribute, CharAttribute, CharTreeAttribute, CheckBoxItem, ChoiceGroup, CommandItem, CompositeEditor, ConfigureInstance, CreateMap, DensityTreeAttribute, DescribedLevel, Directory, DoubleAttribute, DoubleTreeAttribute, DTDSourceFile, Edit, EnumerationEditor, EnumValueImpl, Executable, Exists, ExplorerFactory, Expression, ExtensionItem, FieldSelection, FileFactory, FileObjectItem, FileTypeItem, FilterItem, First, FloatAttribute, FloatConst, FloatingWindow, FloatTreeAttribute, ForAll, GlobalTransformation, GraphSelectionImpl, Group, HeightTreeAttribute, Hook, IdTreeAttribute, InitializeClass, Insert, InstanceOf, IntAttribute, IntConst, IntEnumerationAttribute, IntTreeAttribute, Item, ItemFactory, KeyDescriptionImpl, Layout, LazyObjectItem, Library, Link, LocationParameterTreeAttribute, LongAttribute, LongTreeAttribute, MainWindow, MapSource, Matrix3dAttribute, Matrix3fAttribute, Matrix4dAttribute, Matrix4fAttribute, MethodEditor, MimeTypeItem, MTGSourceFile, NodeReference, NodeSelection, Not, NullConst, NumberEditor, NumberTreeAttribute, NumericEditor, ObjectAttribute, ObjectExpr, ObjectItem, ObjectItemFactory, ObjectSelection, ObjectTreeAttribute, Option, OptionExplorerFactory, OptionGroup, OptionsSelection, Or, PanelFactory, ParentAttribute, PluginDescriptor, PluginPrerequisite, Point2dAttribute, Point2fAttribute, Point3dAttribute, Point3fAttribute, PointConst, PolyEditor, Prerequisite, PropertyEditor, Resource, ResourceDirectory, Root, SelectableItem, SelectionBase, Separator, SetVar, SharedValue, ShortAttribute, ShortTreeAttribute, SONodeReference, SourceFile, SpecialEdgeDescriptor, Split, StringAttribute, StringConst, StringEditor, Tab, ToolBarFactory, ToolFactory, TreeValuesTreeAttribute, Tuple2dAttribute, Tuple2fAttribute, Tuple3dAttribute, Tuple3fAttribute, Tuple4dAttribute, Tuple4fAttribute, TurtleStateAttribute, TypeItem, UIPropertyDependency, UserFieldsEditor, Value, Var, Vars, Vector2dAttribute, Vector2fAttribute, Vector3dAttribute, Vector3fAttribute, ViewComponentFactory, Void, VoidAttribute, VolumeAttribute, XSLTFilterItem

public interface Described

An instance of Described provides descriptions for an object. The descriptions are obtained by the method getDescription(String). Which particular description is returned depends on the argument type: It is one of the string constants defined in this interface.

Author:

Ole Kniemeyer

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ACCELERATOR_KEY Constant for getDescription(String) specifying an accelerator key to be used as the accelerator for the object.
static java.lang.String	ICON Constant for getDescription(String) specifying an icon.
static java.lang.String	MNEMONIC_KEY Constant for getDescription(String) specifying a key code to be used as the mnemonic for the object.
static java.lang.String	NAME Constant for getDescription(String) specifying the name.
static java.lang.String	SHORT_DESCRIPTION Constant for getDescription(String) specifying a short description.
static java.lang.String	TITLE Constant for getDescription(String) specifying a title.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

getDescription(java.lang.String type) Returns the description associated with the given type.

Field Detail

ACCELERATOR_KEY

static final java.lang.String ACCELERATOR_KEY

Constant for getDescription(String) specifying an accelerator key to be used as the accelerator for the object. The returned value has to be an instance of KeyStroke or a String which can be converted to a KeyStroke by KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(String).

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Constant Field Values

ICON

static final java.lang.String ICON

Constant for getDescription(String) specifying an icon. The returned value has to be an instance of IconSource.

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MNEMONIC_KEY

static final java.lang.String MNEMONIC_KEY

Constant for getDescription(String) specifying a key code to be used as the mnemonic for the object. The returned value has to be an instance of Number or Character.

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NAME

static final java.lang.String NAME

Constant for getDescription(String) specifying the name. The returned value has to be a String, it is used, among others, for menus and buttons.

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SHORT_DESCRIPTION

static final java.lang.String SHORT_DESCRIPTION

Constant for getDescription(String) specifying a short description. The returned value has to be a String, it is used, among others, for tooltip text.

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TITLE

static final java.lang.String TITLE

Constant for getDescription(String) specifying a title. The returned value has to be a String, it is used for titles.

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Method Detail

getDescription

java.lang.Object getDescription(java.lang.String type)

Returns the description associated with the given type. type has to be one of the predefined constants of this interface, the returned value has to conform to the specification of the used constant.

Parameters:

type - the type of description

Returns:

the description, or null if no description is available