nl.liacs.timeseries.gui

Class GUI

java.lang.Object

nl.liacs.timeseries.gui.GUI

public class GUI
extends java.lang.Object

Convenience class for building GUI elements, static methods only.

Any class calling these functions should implement ActionListener, if an ActionListener has to be set, or ItemListener if an ItemListener has to be set. Also, such an ActionListener or ItemListener needs to be passed as (the last) parameter. Typical usage:
aPanel.add(GUI.buildButton("Name", 'X', "KeyPressed", this));

This class also defines some default values for minimum, maximum and preferred size for a number of Components, as well as default Fonts.

Author:

Marvin Meeng Last updated 11.07.2012

See Also:

ActionListener, ItemListener, KeyEvent, Component, Dimension, Font, JButton, JCheckBox, JComboBox, JLabel, JMenu, JMenuItem, JRadioButton, JTextField, EtchedBorder, TitledBorder

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.awt.Dimension	BUTTON_DEFAULT_SIZE
static java.awt.Font	BUTTON_FONT
static java.awt.Dimension	BUTTON_MAXIMUM_SIZE
static java.awt.Dimension	BUTTON_MINIMUM_SIZE
static java.awt.Color	TEXT_FIELD_COLOR
static java.awt.Dimension	TEXT_FIELD_SIZE
static java.awt.Font	TEXT_FONT
static java.awt.Dimension	WINDOW_DEFAULT_SIZE
static java.awt.Dimension	WINDOW_MINIMUM_SIZE

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static javax.swing.border.Border	buildBorder(java.lang.String theTitle) Creates a TitledBorder, using an EtchedBorder, some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied title.
static javax.swing.JButton	buildButton(java.lang.String theName, int theMnemonic, java.lang.String theActionCommand, java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass) Creates a JButton, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JButton	buildButton(java.lang.String theName, java.lang.String theActionCommand, java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass) Creates a JButton, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JCheckBox	buildCheckBox(java.lang.String theName, java.awt.event.ItemListener theClass) Creates an initially unselected JCheckBox, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JComboBox<?>	buildComboBox(java.lang.Object[] theItems, java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass) Creates a JComboBox, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JLabel	buildLabel(java.lang.String theName, java.awt.Component theComponent) Creates a JLabel, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JMenu	buildMenu(java.lang.String theName, int theMnemonic) Creates a JMenu, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JMenuItem	buildMenuItem(java.lang.String theName, int theMnemonic, java.lang.String theActionCommand, java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass) Creates a JMenuItem, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JRadioButton	buildRadioButton(java.lang.String theName, java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass) Creates an unselected JRadioButton, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.
static javax.swing.JTextField	buildTextField(java.lang.String theText) Creates a JTextField, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the specified text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WINDOW_MINIMUM_SIZE

public static final java.awt.Dimension WINDOW_MINIMUM_SIZE

WINDOW_DEFAULT_SIZE

public static final java.awt.Dimension WINDOW_DEFAULT_SIZE

TEXT_FONT

public static final java.awt.Font TEXT_FONT

BUTTON_FONT

public static final java.awt.Font BUTTON_FONT

TEXT_FIELD_SIZE

public static final java.awt.Dimension TEXT_FIELD_SIZE

BUTTON_DEFAULT_SIZE

public static final java.awt.Dimension BUTTON_DEFAULT_SIZE

BUTTON_MINIMUM_SIZE

public static final java.awt.Dimension BUTTON_MINIMUM_SIZE

BUTTON_MAXIMUM_SIZE

public static final java.awt.Dimension BUTTON_MAXIMUM_SIZE

TEXT_FIELD_COLOR

public static final java.awt.Color TEXT_FIELD_COLOR

Method Detail

buildButton

public static javax.swing.JButton buildButton(java.lang.String theName,
                              int theMnemonic,
                              java.lang.String theActionCommand,
                              java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass)

Creates a JButton, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

Parameters:

theName - The text of the button.

theMnemonic - The key code which represents the mnemonic.

theActionCommand - The action command for the button.

theClass - The ActionListener to be added.

Returns:

A JButton.

See Also:

JButton, KeyEvent, ActionListener

buildButton

public static javax.swing.JButton buildButton(java.lang.String theName,
                              java.lang.String theActionCommand,
                              java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass)

Creates a JButton, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

Parameters:

theName - The text of the button.

theActionCommand - The action command for the button.

theClass - The ActionListener to be added.

Returns:

A JButton.

See Also:

JButton, ActionListener

buildCheckBox

public static javax.swing.JCheckBox buildCheckBox(java.lang.String theName,
                                  java.awt.event.ItemListener theClass)

Creates an initially unselected JCheckBox, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

Parameters:

theName - The text of the check box.

theClass - The ItemListener to be added.

Returns:

A JCheckBox.

See Also:

JCheckBox, ItemListener

buildComboBox

public static javax.swing.JComboBox<?> buildComboBox(java.lang.Object[] theItems,
                                     java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass)

Creates a JComboBox, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

By default the first item in the array (and therefore the data model) becomes selected.

Parameters:

theItems - An array of Objects to insert into the combo box.

theClass - The ActionListener to be added.

Returns:

A JComboBox.

See Also:

JComboBox, ActionListener

buildLabel

public static javax.swing.JLabel buildLabel(java.lang.String theName,
                            java.awt.Component theComponent)

Creates a JLabel, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

Parameters:

theName - The text to be displayed by the label.

theComponent - The Component this label is for, or null if the label is not the label for a Component.

Returns:

A JLabel.

See Also:

JLabel, Component

buildRadioButton

public static javax.swing.JRadioButton buildRadioButton(java.lang.String theName,
                                        java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass)

Creates an unselected JRadioButton, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

Parameters:

theName - The String displayed on the radio button.

theClass - The ActionListener to be added.

Returns:

A JRadioButton.

See Also:

JRadioButton, ActionListener

buildTextField

public static javax.swing.JTextField buildTextField(java.lang.String theText)

Creates a JTextField, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the specified text.

Parameters:

theText - The text to be displayed, or null.

Returns:

A JTextField.

See Also:

JTextField

buildBorder

public static javax.swing.border.Border buildBorder(java.lang.String theTitle)

Creates a TitledBorder, using an EtchedBorder, some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied title.

Parameters:

theTitle - The title the border should display.

Returns:

A TitledBorder.

See Also:

TitledBorder

buildMenu

public static javax.swing.JMenu buildMenu(java.lang.String theName,
                          int theMnemonic)

Creates a JMenu, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

Parameters:

theName - The text for the menu label.

theMnemonic - The key code which represents the mnemonic.

Returns:

A JMenu.

See Also:

JMenu, KeyEvent

buildMenuItem

public static javax.swing.JMenuItem buildMenuItem(java.lang.String theName,
                                  int theMnemonic,
                                  java.lang.String theActionCommand,
                                  java.awt.event.ActionListener theClass)

Creates a JMenuItem, using some of the defaults defined in this class, and the supplied parameters.

Parameters:

theName - The text of the JMenuItem.

theMnemonic - The key code which represents the mnemonic.

theActionCommand - The action command for the JmenuItem.

theClass - The ActionListener to be added.

Returns:

A JMenuItem.

See Also:

JMenuItem, KeyEvent, ActionListener