com.intel.gpe.gridbeans.plugins.controls
Class DataControl

java.lang.Object
  com.intel.gpe.gridbeans.plugins.controls.DataControl

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDataControl

Direct Known Subclasses:

ButtonDataControl, CheckBoxControl, LabelDataControl, ListDataControl, TextEditorControl, TextFieldDataControl

public abstract class DataControl
extends java.lang.Object
implements IDataControl

The base class for controls.

Version:

$Id: DataControl.java,v 1.3 2005/12/22 09:20:32 lukichev Exp $

Author:

Alexander Lukichev

Constructor Summary

DataControl()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDescription() Get the control description.
boolean	isValid(java.lang.Object value, java.lang.StringBuffer reason)
void	setDescription(java.lang.String description) Set the description of the component.
void	setValueTranslator(IValueTranslator translator) Set the translator that translates the value to the user's representation and back.
void	setValueValidator(IValueValidator validator) Set the validator of the component value.
java.lang.Object	translateFrom(java.lang.Object value)
java.lang.Object	translateTo(java.lang.Object value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.intel.gpe.gridbeans.plugins.IDataControl

getEnabled, getValue, isValid, setEnabled, setPossibleValues, setValue

Constructor Detail

DataControl

public DataControl()

Method Detail

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: IDataControl

Get the control description.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface IDataControl

Returns:

The description of the component

setDescription

public void setDescription(java.lang.String description)

Description copied from interface: IDataControl

Set the description of the component.

Specified by:

setDescription in interface IDataControl

Parameters:

description - The description

setValueTranslator

public void setValueTranslator(IValueTranslator translator)

Description copied from interface: IDataControl

Set the translator that translates the value to the user's representation and back.

Specified by:

setValueTranslator in interface IDataControl

Parameters:

translator - The translator

setValueValidator

public void setValueValidator(IValueValidator validator)

Description copied from interface: IDataControl

Set the validator of the component value. The value of the user's component is first translated using the translator to the internal representation and then is validated.

Specified by:

setValueValidator in interface IDataControl

Parameters:

validator - The validator

translateTo

public java.lang.Object translateTo(java.lang.Object value)
                             throws TranslationException

Throws:

TranslationException

translateFrom

public java.lang.Object translateFrom(java.lang.Object value)
                               throws TranslationException

Throws:

TranslationException

isValid

public boolean isValid(java.lang.Object value,
                       java.lang.StringBuffer reason)
                throws DataSetException

Throws:

DataSetException