ptolemy.homer.kernel

Class WidgetLoader

java.lang.Object

ptolemy.homer.kernel.WidgetLoader

public class WidgetLoader
extends java.lang.Object

This class loads Netbeans Visual Library widgets for a provided named object and target type. It uses three strategies to load widgets for the target type: custom widget class, widget consisting of an image of an actor, or widget consisting of a Ptolemy icon.

Since:

Ptolemy II 10.0

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Anar Huseynov

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Red (ahuseyno)

Pt.ProposedRating:

Red (ahuseyno)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.Widget	loadWidget(org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.Scene scene, PositionableElement element, java.lang.Class<?> targetType) Load widget of the given PositionableElement and targetType.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadWidget

public static org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.Widget loadWidget(org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.Scene scene,
                                                               PositionableElement element,
                                                               java.lang.Class<?> targetType)
                                                        throws IllegalActionException,
                                                               NameDuplicationException

Load widget of the given PositionableElement and targetType. If there is no widget mapped for the the target type, it would look for a widget for the target type's parent recursively. The method would first try finding custom widget class for the targetType. The mappings is defined in the ObjectWidgets.properties file within widget package. If this fails, it would look for image of the targetType based on mapping in ImageWidgets.properties file within images package. If this fails too, it would try loading a Ptolemy icon for the provided NamedObject.

Parameters:

scene - The scene where the widget belongs.

element - The element for which widget is loaded.

targetType - The targetType used to finding appropriate widget mapped to it. Usually targetType is the same as namedObject's type.

Returns:

A new widget instance for the targetType and namedObject. The returned instance implements NamedObjectWidgetInterface.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - if there is a problem loading a object widget or icon.

NameDuplicationException - if there is a problem loading an icon.