contrib.com.blogofbug.swing.components
Interface RichComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReflectedImageLabel

public interface RichComponent

A component that can be part of the a rich user interface

Author:

nigel

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getRichText() Gets the text to be displayed by the RichContainer for the component.
void	prePaintImage() Allows a RichContainer to request that the component pre-renders anything that might provide peak performance.
void	setAlpha(float alpha) Assisgns a uniform alpha to the component
void	setRichImage(java.io.File image) Assigns an image to the component, the width and height taken from the supplied image
void	setRichImage(java.awt.Image image) Assisgns an image to the component, the width and height taken from the supplied image
void	setRichImage(java.net.URL image) Assigns an image to the component, the width and height taken from the supplied image
void	setRichText(java.lang.String text) Specifies text that should be displayed by the rich component when getRichText() is called.

Method Detail

setRichImage

void setRichImage(java.net.URL image)

Assigns an image to the component, the width and height taken from the supplied image

Parameters:

image - The URL of the image

setRichImage

void setRichImage(java.io.File image)

Assigns an image to the component, the width and height taken from the supplied image

Parameters:

image - A file referencing the image

setRichImage

void setRichImage(java.awt.Image image)

Assisgns an image to the component, the width and height taken from the supplied image

Parameters:

image - An image object containing the image

prePaintImage

void prePaintImage()

Allows a RichContainer to request that the component pre-renders anything that might provide peak performance. It is expected that most implementations will do this automatically after the image has been specified

setRichText

void setRichText(java.lang.String text)

Specifies text that should be displayed by the rich component when getRichText() is called.

Parameters:

text - The text to be displayed. This may be different to that of the component being enriched.

getRichText

java.lang.String getRichText()

Gets the text to be displayed by the RichContainer for the component. May be extracted from elsewhere

Returns:

The text to be displayed

setAlpha

void setAlpha(float alpha)

Assisgns a uniform alpha to the component

Parameters:

alpha - A value from 0.0 to 1.0 where 1.0 is fully visible, and 0.0 is completely invisible.