BeanPropertyEditor


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19  
20  package org.netbeans.modules.form;
21  
22  import org.openide.nodes.Node;
23  
24  /**
25   * This interface can be implemented by property editors to express that the
26   * current property value in the property editor is a
27   * bean with its properties and to make these properties accessible.
28   *
29   * @author Tomas Stupka
30   *
31   */
32  public interface BeanPropertyEditor {
33  
34      /**
35       * @return true if the current value is a bean not directly
36       *         suported by the editor
37       */
38      public boolean valueIsBeanProperty();
39  
40      /**
41      * Called to initialize the editor with a specified type. If succesfull,
42      * the value should be available via the getValue method.     
43      * An Exception should be thrown when the value cannot be set.
44       
45      * @param class type to initialize the editor with
46      * @exception Exception thrown when the value cannot be set
47      */
48      public void intializeFromType(Class   type) throws Exception  ;
49      
50      /**
51       * @return properties from the current value
52       */
53      public Node.Property[] getProperties();
54      
55  }
56
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