org.openide.awt
Annotation Type ActionRegistration

@Retention(value=SOURCE)
@Target(value={TYPE,FIELD,METHOD})
public @interface ActionRegistration

Registers an action under associated identifier specified by separate ActionID annotation on the same element. Here is few usage examples:

• always enabled action
• callback action
• context aware action

Since:

7.26

Required Element Summary

String

displayName Display name.

Optional Element Summary

boolean	asynchronous Shall the action be performed outside of AWT thread.
String	iconBase Path to image representing the action's icon.
boolean	iconInMenu Shall the action's icon be visible in menu?
String	key Shall this action be associated with a particular key in an ActionMap? E.g.
boolean	surviveFocusChange Shall the action work on last selection when it was enabled?

Element Detail

displayName

public abstract String displayName

Display name. Usually prefixed with '#' to reference value from a Bundle.properties file in the same package.

Returns:

display name for the action

iconBase

public abstract String iconBase

Path to image representing the action's icon.

Returns:

"org/myproject/mypkg/Icon.png"

Default:

""

iconInMenu

public abstract boolean iconInMenu

Shall the action's icon be visible in menu?

Returns:

true or false

Default:

true

key

public abstract String key

Shall this action be associated with a particular key in an ActionMap? E.g. behave like Actions.callback(java.lang.String, javax.swing.Action, boolean, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, boolean) one?

Returns:

the value of the key to seek in currently selected ActionMap

Default:

""

asynchronous

public abstract boolean asynchronous

Shall the action be performed outside of AWT thread.

Returns:

false, if the action shall run synchronously

Default:

false

surviveFocusChange

public abstract boolean surviveFocusChange

Shall the action work on last selection when it was enabled?

Default:

false