edu.neu.ccs.gui
Class ComponentFactory

java.lang.Object
  edu.neu.ccs.gui.ComponentFactory

public class ComponentFactory

extends Object

ComponentFactory has 3 static methods that create gui or graphical objects from more general objects.

• makeComponent that constructs a Component from an Object
• makeIcon that constructs an Icon from an Object
• makePaintable that constructs a Paintable from an Object

The first two methods both make certain specific attempts to convert a general Object into the desired type. If these attempts fail then the methods use the makePaintable method to try to convert the Object into a Paintable. If that attempt succeeds then the Paintable is placed into a PaintableComponent. On the other hand, if this final attempt fails then null is returned.

As of 2.6.0, makePaintable returns a MultiLineTextPaintable if it is given a String.

Since:

2.0

Version:

2.6.0

Constructor Summary

ComponentFactory()

Method Summary

static Component	makeComponent(Object o) Returns a Component associated with the given object.
static Icon	makeIcon(Object o) Returns an Icon associated with the given object.
static Paintable	makePaintable(Object o) Returns a Paintable associated with the given object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComponentFactory

public ComponentFactory()

Method Detail

makeComponent

public static Component makeComponent(Object o)

Returns a Component associated with the given object.

The table below shows more about how makeComponent works.

Argument	Return
Component	The same Component
String	Annotation
Icon	Annotation
Action	JButton
Paint	PaintSwatch
converts to Paintable	PaintableComponent
otherwise	null

Parameters:

o - the object to make into a Component

makeIcon

public static Icon makeIcon(Object o)

Returns an Icon associated with the given object.

The table below shows more about how makeIcon works.

Argument	Return
Icon	The same Icon
Paint	PaintSwatch
converts to Paintable	PaintableComponent
otherwise	null

Parameters:

o - the object to make into an Icon

makePaintable

public static Paintable makePaintable(Object o)

Returns a Paintable associated with the given object.

The table below shows more about how makePaintable works.

Argument	Return
Paintable	The same Paintable
Shape	ShapePaintable
PathList	ShapePaintable
Image	ImagePaintable
ImageIcon	ImagePaintable
String	MultiLineTextPaintable
Point2D	PointPaintable
Object[]	PaintableSequence
otherwise	null

Parameters:

o - the object to make into a Paintable