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Class com.sun.java.swing.UIFactory 

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class UIFactory
extends Object
implements Serializable
The UI Factory is responsible for managing the interaction between a pluggable look-and-feel and its Component clients.

Constructor Index

o UIFactory()

Method Index

o changeTopUI(Container)
Walk though a Container's child Component hierarchy, replacing all UI objects with ones created by this UI factory.
o changeUI(Container)
Change the UI object of this Container and all of its children.
o getFactoryName()
Returns the name of the current UI Factory, if any.
o getFont(String, String)
Get a default Font property from this UI factory.
o getImage(String, String)
Get a default Image property from this UI factory.
o getPropertiesFile()
Returns the name of the properties file used to define this UI factory.
o getProperty(String, String)
Returns a property definition from this UI Factory.
o getResourceDirectory()
Returns the subdirectory which contains file resources used by this UI factory, such as graphics files.
o getUI(String, String, JComponent)
Create a UI object.
o initialize()
Initialize a UI factory after it is loaded.

Constructors

o UIFactory 
 public UIFactory()

Methods

o initialize 
 protected void initialize() throws Exception
Initialize a UI factory after it is loaded.

Throws: Exception
if any problems occur reading the UIFactory's property file.
o getProperty 
 public String getProperty(String name,
                           String defaultName)
Returns a property definition from this UI Factory. If it doesn't have a definition for a requested property, the defaultName is returned.

Parameters:
name - the name of the property
defaultName - the String to return if the property isn't defined by this factory.
o changeTopUI 
 public void changeTopUI(Container c)
Walk though a Container's child Component hierarchy, replacing all UI objects with ones created by this UI factory.

Parameters:
c - the Container to update.
o changeUI 
 public void changeUI(Container c)
Change the UI object of this Container and all of its children.

Parameters:
c - the Container to update.
o getFactoryName 
 public abstract String getFactoryName()
Returns the name of the current UI Factory, if any.

o getPropertiesFile 
 public abstract String getPropertiesFile()
Returns the name of the properties file used to define this UI factory.

o getResourceDirectory 
 public abstract String getResourceDirectory()
Returns the subdirectory which contains file resources used by this UI factory, such as graphics files.

o getFont 
 public Font getFont(String name,
                     String defaultName)
Get a default Font property from this UI factory.

Parameters:
name - the name of the property.
defaultName - the name of the Font to return if no default is defined by this UI factory.
o getImage 
 public Image getImage(String name,
                       String defaultName)
Get a default Image property from this UI factory.

Parameters:
name - the name of the property.
defaultName - the name of the Image to return if no default is defined by this UI factory.
o getUI 
 public ComponentUI getUI(String widgetName,
                          String defaultClassName,
                          JComponent target)
Create a UI object.

Parameters:
widgetName - the name of the UI object to create.
defaultClassName - the name of the class to create the UI object, if the UIFactory does not have the specified widget name.
target - the JComponent which will use this returned UI object.
Returns:
the requested UI object. Note: this UI object may or may not be unique, as some factories may choose to share UI objects between JComponents. 
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