1 /* java.beans.Customizer 2 Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3 4 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5 6 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9 any later version. 10 11 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 General Public License for more details. 15 16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 19 02111-1307 USA. 20 21 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24 combination. 25 26 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36 exception statement from your version. */ 37 38 39 package java.beans; 40 41 /** 42 ** You may explicitly provide a Customizer for your Bean 43 ** class, which allows you complete control of the editing 44 ** of the Bean.<P> 45 ** 46 ** A Customizer is meant to be embedded in an RAD tool, 47 ** and thus must be a descendant of <CODE>java.awt.Component</CODE>.<P> 48 ** 49 ** It must also have a constructor with no arguments. This 50 ** is the constructor that will be called by the RAD tool to 51 ** instantiate the Customizer.<P> 52 ** 53 ** Over its lifetime, an instance of a Customizer will only 54 ** customize one single Bean. A new instance of the 55 ** Customizer will be instantiated to edit any other Beans.<P> 56 ** 57 ** The Customizer is responsible for notifying its 58 ** PropertyChangeListeners of any changes that are made, 59 ** according to the rules of PropertyChangeListeners (i.e. 60 ** notify the clients <EM>after</EM> the property has 61 ** changed). 62 ** 63 ** @author John Keiser 64 ** @since JDK1.1 65 ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998 66 ** @see java.beans.BeanDescriptor.getCustomizerClass() 67 **/ 68 69 public interface Customizer { 70 /** Set the object to Customize. This will always be a 71 ** Bean that had a BeanDescriptor indicating this 72 ** Customizer. 73 ** @param bean the Bean to customize. 74 **/ setObject(Object bean)75 void setObject(Object bean); 76 77 /** Add a PropertyChangeListener. 78 ** @param l the PropertyChangeListener to add. 79 **/ addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)80 void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l); 81 82 /** Remove a PropertyChangeListener. 83 ** @param l the PropertyChangeListener to remove. 84 **/ removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)85 void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l); 86 } 87