com.webobjects.eointerface
Class EOTextAssociation.TextPlugin

java.lang.Object
  com.webobjects.eointerface.EOWidgetAssociation.WidgetPlugin
      com.webobjects.eointerface.EOValueAssociation.ValuePlugin
          com.webobjects.eointerface.EOTextAssociation.TextPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

NSDisposable

Direct Known Subclasses:

EOCocoaSimpleTextPlugin, EOSwingTextPlugin

Enclosing class:

EOTextAssociation

public abstract static class EOTextAssociation.TextPlugin

extends EOValueAssociation.ValuePlugin

TextPlugin communicates with a UI widget (NSTextFieldCell or JTextField, for example) on behalf of an EOTextAssociation. The TextPlugin class defines some basic functionality concrete subclasses must implement for this communication to work.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.webobjects.eointerface.EOWidgetAssociation.WidgetPlugin

EOWidgetAssociation.WidgetPlugin.Formatting

Constructor Summary

EOTextAssociation.TextPlugin(EOWidgetAssociation association, Object widget)
Subclasses should override this constructor to do any initialization they need to, but should call the super(association, widget) constructor.

Method Summary

abstract void	setColors(Object textColor, Object bgColor) This method sets the foreground and background colors for the text widget.
abstract void	setFontProperties(int boldState, int italicState) This method sets the font properties (bold and italic) of the text widget.

Methods inherited from class com.webobjects.eointerface.EOValueAssociation.ValuePlugin

endEditing, setValue, useURLAsValue, value

Methods inherited from class com.webobjects.eointerface.EOWidgetAssociation.WidgetPlugin

association, breakConnection, dispose, establishConnection, unacceptableAspects, widget, widgetKeysTaken

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EOTextAssociation.TextPlugin

public EOTextAssociation.TextPlugin(EOWidgetAssociation association,
                                    Object widget)

Subclasses should override this constructor to do any initialization they need to, but should call the super(association, widget) constructor.

Parameters:

association - EOTextAssociation object for which the plugin will handle setting and getting values on the UI widget

widget - user interface object that the plugin will use for display

Method Detail

setColors

public abstract void setColors(Object textColor,
                               Object bgColor)

This method sets the foreground and background colors for the text widget.

Parameters:

textColor - the color to be used for the text being displayed

bgColor - the background color for the text

setFontProperties

public abstract void setFontProperties(int boldState,
                                       int italicState)

This method sets the font properties (bold and italic) of the text widget.

Parameters:

boldState - one of the following: EOAssociation.SetValue(bold), EOAssociation.UnsetValue(not bold), EOAssociation.IgnoreValue(not set).

italicState - one of the following: EOAssociation.SetValue(italic), EOAssociation.UnsetValue(not italic), EOAssociation.IgnoreValue(not set).