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package ajava.beans;
/**
* The PropertyEditorManager can be used to locate a property editor for
* any given type name. This property editor must support the
* ajava.beans.PropertyEditor interface for editing a given object.
*
* The PropertyEditorManager uses three techniques for locating an editor
* for a given type. First, it provides a registerEditor method to allow
* an editor to be specifically registered for a given type. Second it
* tries to locate a suitable class by adding "Editor" to the full
* qualified classname of the given type (e.g. "foo.bah.FozEditor").
* Finally it takes the simple classname (without the package name) adds
* "Editor" to it and looks in a search-path of packages for a matching
* class.
*
* So for an input class foo.bah.Fred, the PropertyEditorManager would
* first look in its tables to see if an editor had been registered for
* foo.bah.Fred and if so use that. Then it will look for a
* foo.bah.FredEditor class. Then it will look for (say)
* standardEditorsPackage.FredEditor class.
*
* Default PropertyEditors will be provided for the Java primitive types
* "boolean", "byte", "short", "int", "long", "float", and "double"; and
* for the classes java.lang.String. java.awt.Color, and java.awt.Font.
*/
public class PropertyEditorManager {
/**
* Registers an editor class to edit values of the given target class.
* If the editor class is {@code null},
* then any existing definition will be removed.
* Thus this method can be used to cancel the registration.
* The registration is canceled automatically
* if either the target or editor class is unloaded.
*
* If there is a security manager, its {@code checkPropertiesAccess}
* method is called. This could result in a {@linkplain SecurityException}.
*
* @param targetType the class object of the type to be edited
* @param editorClass the class object of the editor class
* @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and
* its {@code checkPropertiesAccess} method
* doesn't allow setting of system properties
*
* @see SecurityManager#checkPropertiesAccess
*/
public static void registerEditor(Class targetType, Class editorClass) {
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
if (sm != null) {
sm.checkPropertiesAccess();
}
ThreadGroupContext.getContext().getPropertyEditorFinder().register(targetType, editorClass);
}
/**
* Locate a value editor for a given target type.
*
* @param targetType The Class object for the type to be edited
* @return An editor object for the given target class.
* The result is null if no suitable editor can be found.
*/
public static PropertyEditor findEditor(Class targetType) {
return ThreadGroupContext.getContext().getPropertyEditorFinder().find(targetType);
}
/**
* Gets the package names that will be searched for property editors.
*
* @return The array of package names that will be searched in
* order to find property editors.
*
The default value for this array is implementation-dependent,
* e.g. Sun implementation initially sets to {"sun.beans.editors"}.
*/
public static String[] getEditorSearchPath() {
return ThreadGroupContext.getContext().getPropertyEditorFinder().getPackages();
}
/**
* Change the list of package names that will be used for
* finding property editors.
*
*
First, if there is a security manager, its checkPropertiesAccess
* method is called. This could result in a SecurityException.
*
* @param path Array of package names.
* @exception SecurityException if a security manager exists and its
* checkPropertiesAccess method doesn't allow setting
* of system properties.
* @see SecurityManager#checkPropertiesAccess
*/
public static void setEditorSearchPath(String[] path) {
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
if (sm != null) {
sm.checkPropertiesAccess();
}
ThreadGroupContext.getContext().getPropertyEditorFinder().setPackages(path);
}
}