net.sourceforge.java.util.gui.jface.preference
Class ExtendedPreferenceNode

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceNode
      net.sourceforge.java.util.gui.jface.preference.ExtendedPreferenceNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPreferenceNode

public class ExtendedPreferenceNode

extends PreferenceNode

Extends PreferenceNode to support esay handling of different icons in the TreeViewer and PreferencePage of a JFace PreferenceDialog. This class changes the original behaviour to that effect that the icon of a PreferencePage stays untouched and has to be set in the implementing class itself.

Author:

Sebastian Machhausen

Field Summary

private String

classname

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceNode

Constructor Summary

ExtendedPreferenceNode(String id)
Creates an ExtendedPreferenceNode with the given id.

ExtendedPreferenceNode(String id, IPreferencePage preferencePage)
Creates an ExtendedPreferenceNode with the given id and preference page.

ExtendedPreferenceNode(String id, String label, ImageDescriptor image, String className)
Creates an ExtendedPreferenceNode with the given id, label, and image, and lazily-loaded preference page.

Method Summary

private Object	createObject(String className) Creates a new instance of the given class className.
void	createPage() Creates the PreferencePage according to the settings in this ExtendedPreferenceNode.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceNode

add, disposeResources, findSubNode, getId, getImageDescriptor, getLabelImage, getLabelText, getPage, getSubNodes, remove, remove, setPage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

classname

private String classname

Constructor Detail

ExtendedPreferenceNode

public ExtendedPreferenceNode(String id)

Creates an ExtendedPreferenceNode with the given id. The new node has nosubnodes.

Parameters:

id - the node id

ExtendedPreferenceNode

public ExtendedPreferenceNode(String id,
                              String label,
                              ImageDescriptor image,
                              String className)

Creates an ExtendedPreferenceNode with the given id, label, and image, and lazily-loaded preference page. The preference node assumes (sole) responsibility for disposing of the image; this will happen when the node is disposed.

Parameters:

id - the node id

label - the label used to display the node in the preference dialog's tree

image - the image displayed left of the label in the preference dialog's tree, or null if none

className - the class name of the preference page; this class must implement IPreferencePage

ExtendedPreferenceNode

public ExtendedPreferenceNode(String id,
                              IPreferencePage preferencePage)

Creates an ExtendedPreferenceNode with the given id and preference page. The title of the preference page is used for the node label. The node will not have an image.

Parameters:

id - the node id

preferencePage - the preference page

Method Detail

createPage

public void createPage()

Creates the PreferencePage according to the settings in this ExtendedPreferenceNode.

createObject

private Object createObject(String className)

Creates a new instance of the given class className.

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

new Object or null in case of failures