com.alee.managers.style

Interface Skin

All Superinterfaces:

com.alee.api.IconSupport, com.alee.api.TitleSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSkin, CustomSkin, DarkSkin, FlatSkin, ModenaSkin, NinePatchSkin, WebSkin

public interface Skin
extends com.alee.api.IconSupport, com.alee.api.TitleSupport

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	applySkin(javax.swing.JComponent component) Applies this skin to the specified component.
java.lang.String	getAuthor() Returns skin author.
ComponentStyle	getComponentStyle(javax.swing.JComponent component) Returns style for the specified supported component type.
java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns skin description.
javax.swing.Icon	getIcon() Returns skin icon.
java.lang.String	getId() Returns unique skin ID.
java.lang.String	getSkinClass() Returns skin base class name.
java.lang.String	getTitle() Returns skin title.
boolean	isSupported() Returns whether this skin is supported or not.
boolean	removeSkin(javax.swing.JComponent component) Removes this skin from the specified component.
void	updateSkin(javax.swing.JComponent component) Updates this skin on the specified component.

Method Detail

getId

java.lang.String getId()

Returns unique skin ID. Used to collect and manage skins within StyleManager.

Returns:

unique skin ID

getIcon

javax.swing.Icon getIcon()

Returns skin icon.

Specified by:

getIcon in interface com.alee.api.IconSupport

Returns:

skin icon

getTitle

java.lang.String getTitle()

Returns skin title.

Specified by:

getTitle in interface com.alee.api.TitleSupport

Returns:

skin title

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns skin description.

Returns:

skin description

getAuthor

java.lang.String getAuthor()

Returns skin author.

Returns:

skin author

isSupported

boolean isSupported()

Returns whether this skin is supported or not. This method reflects the default mechanism of checking skin support. You can override it in your own skin to provide any custom checks.

Returns:

true if this skin is supported, false otherwise

getSkinClass

java.lang.String getSkinClass()

Returns skin base class name.

Returns:

skin base class name

getComponentStyle

ComponentStyle getComponentStyle(javax.swing.JComponent component)

Returns style for the specified supported component type. Custom style ID can be specified in any Web-component or Web-UI to override default component style. If style for such custom ID is not found in skin descriptor then default style for that component is used.

Parameters:

component - component instance

Returns:

component style

applySkin

boolean applySkin(javax.swing.JComponent component)

Applies this skin to the specified component. Returns whether skin was successfully applied or not.

Parameters:

component - component to apply skin to

Returns:

true if skin was applied, false otherwise

updateSkin

void updateSkin(javax.swing.JComponent component)

Updates this skin on the specified component. This is required to provide optimized update sequence in some cases.

Parameters:

component - component to update skin for

removeSkin

boolean removeSkin(javax.swing.JComponent component)

Removes this skin from the specified component.

Parameters:

component - component to remove skin from

Returns:

true if skin was successfully removed, false otherwise