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Class com.sun.java.swing.UIDefaults

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.util.Dictionary
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           +----java.util.Hashtable
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                   +----com.sun.java.swing.UIDefaults

public class UIDefaults
extends Hashtable
A table of defaults for Swing components. Applications can set/get default values via the UIManager.

Warning: serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future swing releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between Swing1.0 applications. It will not be possible to load serialized Swing1.0 objects with future releases of Swing. The JDK1.2 release of Swing will be the compatibility baseline for the serialized form of Swing objects.

See Also:
UIManager

Constructor Index

 o UIDefaults()
Create an empty defaults table.
 o UIDefaults(Object[])
Create a defaults table initialized with the specified key/value pairs.

Method Index

 o addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list.
 o firePropertyChange(String, Object, Object)
Support for reporting bound property changes.
 o get(Object)
 o getBorder(Object)
If the value of key is a Border return it, otherwise return null.
 o getColor(Object)
If the value of key is a Color return it, otherwise return null.
 o getFont(Object)
If the value of key is a Font return it, otherwise return null.
 o getIcon(Object)
If the value of key is an Icon return it, otherwise return null.
 o getString(Object)
If the value of key is a String return it, otherwise return null.
 o getUI(JComponent)
Create an ComponentUI implementation for the specified component.
 o getUIClass(String)
The value of get(uidClassID) must be the String name of a class that implements the corresponding ComponentUI class.
 o getUIError(String)
If getUI() fails for any reason, it calls this method before returning null.
 o put(Object, Object)
Set the value of key to value.
 o putDefaults(Object[])
Put all of the key/value pairs in the database and unconditionally generate one PropertyChangeEvent.
 o removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener)
Remove a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list.

Constructors

 o UIDefaults
 public UIDefaults()
Create an empty defaults table.

 o UIDefaults
 public UIDefaults(Object keyValueList[])
Create a defaults table initialized with the specified key/value pairs. For example:
Object[] uiDefaults = {
"Font", new Font("Dialog", Font.BOLD, 12),
"Color", Color.red,
"five", new Integer(5)
}
UIDefaults myDefaults = new UIDefaults(uiDefaults);
 

Methods

 o get
 public Object get(Object key)
Overrides:
get in class Hashtable
 o put
 public Object put(Object key,
                   Object value)
Set the value of key to value. If key is a string and the new value isn't equal to the old one, fire a PropertyChangeEvent. If value is null, the key is removed from the table.

Overrides:
put in class Hashtable
See Also:
putDefaults, put
 o putDefaults
 public void putDefaults(Object keyValueList[])
Put all of the key/value pairs in the database and unconditionally generate one PropertyChangeEvent. The events oldValue and newValue will be null and its propertyName will be "UIDefaults".

See Also:
put, put
 o getFont
 public Font getFont(Object key)
If the value of key is a Font return it, otherwise return null.

 o getColor
 public Color getColor(Object key)
If the value of key is a Color return it, otherwise return null.

 o getIcon
 public Icon getIcon(Object key)
If the value of key is an Icon return it, otherwise return null.

 o getBorder
 public Border getBorder(Object key)
If the value of key is a Border return it, otherwise return null.

 o getString
 public String getString(Object key)
If the value of key is a String return it, otherwise return null.

 o getUIClass
 public Class getUIClass(String uiClassID)
The value of get(uidClassID) must be the String name of a class that implements the corresponding ComponentUI class. This method looks up the class with classForName() and returns it. If no mapping for uiClassID exists or if the specified class can't be found, return null.

This method is used by getUI, it's usually not neccessary to call it directly.

Returns:
The value of Class.forName(get(uidClassID)).
See Also:
getUI
 o getUIError
 protected void getUIError(String msg)
If getUI() fails for any reason, it calls this method before returning null. Subclasses may choose to do more or less here.

Parameters:
msg - Message string to print.
See Also:
getUI
 o getUI
 public ComponentUI getUI(JComponent target)
Create an ComponentUI implementation for the specified component. In other words create the look and feel specific delegate object for target. This is done in two steps:

 o addPropertyChangeListener
 public synchronized void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
Add a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list. The listener is registered for all properties.

A PropertyChangeEvent will get fired whenever a default is changed.

Parameters:
listener - The PropertyChangeListener to be added
See Also:
PropertyChangeSupport
 o removePropertyChangeListener
 public synchronized void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener)
Remove a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list. This removes a PropertyChangeListener that was registered for all properties.

Parameters:
listener - The PropertyChangeListener to be removed
See Also:
PropertyChangeSupport
 o firePropertyChange
 protected void firePropertyChange(String propertyName,
                                   Object oldValue,
                                   Object newValue)
Support for reporting bound property changes. If oldValue and newValue are not equal and the PropertyChangeEvent listener list isn't empty, then fire a PropertyChange event to each listener.

Parameters:
propertyName - The programmatic name of the property that was changed.
oldValue - The old value of the property.
newValue - The new value of the property.
See Also:
PropertyChangeSupport

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