griffon.core.editors

Class PropertyEditorResolver

java.lang.Object

griffon.core.editors.PropertyEditorResolver

public final class PropertyEditorResolver
extends Object

The PropertyEditorResolver can be used to locate a property editor for any given type name. This property editor must support the java.beans.PropertyEditor interface for editing a given object.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Andres Almiray

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	clear() Removes all currently registered value editors.
static PropertyEditor	findEditor(Class<?> type) Locate a value editor for a given target type.
static void	registerEditor(Class<?> targetType, Class<? extends PropertyEditor> editorClass) Registers an editor class to edit values of the given target class.
static void	unregisterEditor(Class<?> targetType) Unregisters an editor class to edit values of the given target class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

clear

public static void clear()

Removes all currently registered value editors.

Since:

2.4.0

findEditor

@Nonnull
public static PropertyEditor findEditor(@Nonnull
                                                 Class<?> type)

Locate a value editor for a given target type.

If the input type is an Enum then an instance of EnumPropertyEditor is returned with the type set as enumType.

Parameters:

type - The Class object for the type to be edited

Returns:

An editor object for the given target class. The result is null if no suitable editor can be found.

See Also:

EnumPropertyEditor

unregisterEditor

public static void unregisterEditor(@Nonnull
                                    Class<?> targetType)

Unregisters an editor class to edit values of the given target class.

Parameters:

targetType - the class object of the type to be edited

Since:

2.4.0

registerEditor

public static void registerEditor(@Nonnull
                                  Class<?> targetType,
                                  @Nullable
                                  Class<? extends PropertyEditor> editorClass)

Registers an editor class to edit values of the given target class. If the editor class is null, then any existing definition will be removed. Thus this method can be used to cancel the registration. The registration is canceled automatically if either the target or editor class is unloaded.

Parameters:

targetType - the class object of the type to be edited

editorClass - the class object of the editor class

Since:

2.4.0