Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.ui.views.properties
Class TextPropertyDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertyDescriptor
      extended byorg.eclipse.ui.views.properties.TextPropertyDescriptor
All Implemented Interfaces:
IPropertyDescriptor

public class TextPropertyDescriptor
extends PropertyDescriptor

Descriptor for a property that has a value which should be edited with a text cell editor.

This class may be instantiated; it is not intended to be subclassed.

Example:

 IPropertyDescriptor pd = new TextPropertyDescriptor("surname", "Last Name");
 


Constructor Summary
TextPropertyDescriptor(Object id, String displayName)
          Creates an property descriptor with the given id and display name.
 
Method Summary
 CellEditor createPropertyEditor(Composite parent)
          The TextPropertyDescriptor implementation of this IPropertyDescriptor method creates and returns a new TextCellEditor.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertyDescriptor
getAlwaysIncompatible, getCategory, getDescription, getDisplayName, getFilterFlags, getHelpContextIds, getId, getLabelProvider, getValidator, isCompatibleWith, isLabelProviderSet, setAlwaysIncompatible, setCategory, setDescription, setFilterFlags, setHelpContextIds, setLabelProvider, setValidator
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

TextPropertyDescriptor

public TextPropertyDescriptor(Object id,
                              String displayName)
Creates an property descriptor with the given id and display name.

Parameters:
id - the id of the property
displayName - the name to display for the property
Method Detail

createPropertyEditor

public CellEditor createPropertyEditor(Composite parent)
The TextPropertyDescriptor implementation of this IPropertyDescriptor method creates and returns a new TextCellEditor.

The editor is configured with the current validator if there is one.

Specified by:
createPropertyEditor in interface IPropertyDescriptor
Overrides:
createPropertyEditor in class PropertyDescriptor

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

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