com.googlecode.jfilechooserbookmarks.gui

Class GUIHelper

java.lang.Object

com.googlecode.jfilechooserbookmarks.gui.GUIHelper

public class GUIHelper
extends Object

A little helper class for GUI related stuff.

Version:

$Revision: 8793 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	EMPTY_ICON the empty icon name.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GUIHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	closeParent(Container cont) Closes the parent dialog/frame of this container.
static ImageIcon	getEmptyIcon() Returns the ImageIcon for the empty icon.
static ImageIcon	getExternalIcon(String filename) Returns an ImageIcon from the given name.
static ImageIcon	getIcon(Class cls) Returns an ImageIcon for the given class.
static ImageIcon	getIcon(String name) Returns an ImageIcon from the given name.
static String	getImageFilename(String name) Adds the path of the images directory to the name of the image.
static Object	getParent(Container cont, Class parentClass) Tries to determine the parent this panel is part of.
static Component	getParentComponent(Component comp) Tries to determine the component this panel is part of in this order: 1.
static Dialog	getParentDialog(Component comp) Tries to determine the dialog this component is part of.
static Dialog	getParentDialog(Container cont) Tries to determine the dialog this container is part of.
static Frame	getParentFrame(Component comp) Tries to determine the frame the component is part of.
static Frame	getParentFrame(Container cont) Tries to determine the frame the container is part of.
static JInternalFrame	getParentInternalFrame(Component comp) Tries to determine the internal frame this component is part of.
static JInternalFrame	getParentInternalFrame(Container cont) Tries to determine the internal frame this container is part of.
static boolean	hasImageFile(String name) Checks whether the image is available.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_ICON

public static final String EMPTY_ICON

the empty icon name.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

GUIHelper

public GUIHelper()

Method Detail

hasImageFile

public static boolean hasImageFile(String name)

Checks whether the image is available.

Parameters:

name - the name of the image (filename without path but with extension)

Returns:

true if image exists

getImageFilename

public static String getImageFilename(String name)

Adds the path of the images directory to the name of the image.

Parameters:

name - the name of the image to add the path to

Returns:

the full path of the image

getIcon

public static ImageIcon getIcon(Class cls)

Returns an ImageIcon for the given class.

Parameters:

cls - the class to get the icon for (gif, png or jpg)

Returns:

the ImageIcon or null if none found

getIcon

public static ImageIcon getIcon(String name)

Returns an ImageIcon from the given name.

Parameters:

name - the filename without path

Returns:

the ImageIcon or null if not available

getExternalIcon

public static ImageIcon getExternalIcon(String filename)

Returns an ImageIcon from the given name.

Parameters:

filename - the filename

Returns:

the ImageIcon or null if not available

getEmptyIcon

public static ImageIcon getEmptyIcon()

Returns the ImageIcon for the empty icon.

Returns:

the ImageIcon

getParent

public static Object getParent(Container cont,
                               Class parentClass)

Tries to determine the parent this panel is part of.

Parameters:

cont - the container to get the parent for

parentClass - the class of the parent to obtain

Returns:

the parent if one exists or null if not

getParentFrame

public static Frame getParentFrame(Container cont)

Tries to determine the frame the container is part of.

Parameters:

cont - the container to get the frame for

Returns:

the parent frame if one exists or null if not

getParentFrame

public static Frame getParentFrame(Component comp)

Tries to determine the frame the component is part of.

Parameters:

comp - the component to get the frame for

Returns:

the parent frame if one exists or null if not

getParentDialog

public static Dialog getParentDialog(Container cont)

Tries to determine the dialog this container is part of.

Parameters:

cont - the container to get the dialog for

Returns:

the parent dialog if one exists or null if not

getParentDialog

public static Dialog getParentDialog(Component comp)

Tries to determine the dialog this component is part of.

Parameters:

comp - the component to get the dialog for

Returns:

the parent dialog if one exists or null if not

getParentInternalFrame

public static JInternalFrame getParentInternalFrame(Container cont)

Tries to determine the internal frame this container is part of.

Parameters:

cont - the container to start with

Returns:

the parent internal frame if one exists or null if not

getParentInternalFrame

public static JInternalFrame getParentInternalFrame(Component comp)

Tries to determine the internal frame this component is part of.

Parameters:

comp - the component to start with

Returns:

the parent internal frame if one exists or null if not

getParentComponent

public static Component getParentComponent(Component comp)

Tries to determine the component this panel is part of in this order: 1. dialog, 2. child, 3. frame.

Parameters:

comp - the component to get the parent component for, must be a container actually

Returns:

the parent component if one exists or null if not

See Also:

getParentDialog(Container), getParentFrame(Container)

closeParent

public static void closeParent(Container cont)

Closes the parent dialog/frame of this container.

Parameters:

cont - the container to close the parent for