SimpleBeanInfo.java   [plain text]

/* java.beans.SimpleBeanInfo
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package java.beans;

import java.awt.*;

/**
 ** SimpleBeanInfo is a class you may extend to more easily
 ** provide select information to the Introspector.  It
 ** implements all of the methods in BeanInfo by returning
 ** null and forces the Introspector to behave exactly as
 ** if there were no BeanInfo class at all (Introspecting
 ** everything).<P>
 **
 ** Overriding one or two of these functions
 ** to give explicit information on only those things you
 ** wish to give explicit information is perfectly safe,
 ** and even desirable.<P>
 **
 ** See the BeanInfo class for information on what the
 ** various methods actually do.
 **
 ** @author John Keiser
 ** @since JDK1.1
 ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
 ** @see java.beans.BeanInfo
 **/

public class SimpleBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
	/** Force Introspection of the general bean info.
	 ** @return <CODE>null</CODE>.
	 **/
	public BeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor() {
		return null;
	}

	/** Force Introspection of the events this Bean type
	 ** fires.
	 ** @return <CODE>null</CODE>
	 **/
	public EventSetDescriptor[] getEventSetDescriptors() {
		return null;
	}

	/** Say that there is no "default" event set.
	 ** @return <CODE>-1</CODE>.
	 **/
	public int getDefaultEventIndex() {
		return -1;
	}

	/** Force Introspection of the Bean properties.
	 ** @return <CODE>null</CODE>.
	 **/
	public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors() {
		return null;
	}

	/** Say that there is no "default" property.
	 ** @return <CODE>-1</CODE>.
	 **/
	public int getDefaultPropertyIndex() {
		return -1;
	}

	/** Force Introspection of the Bean's methods.
	 ** @return <CODE>null</CODE>.
	 **/
	public MethodDescriptor[] getMethodDescriptors() {
		return null;
	}

	/** Tell the Introspector to go look for other BeanInfo
	 ** itself.
	 ** @return <CODE>null</CODE>.
	 **/
	public BeanInfo[] getAdditionalBeanInfo() {
		return null;
	}

	/** Say that this Bean has no icons.
	 ** @param iconType the type of icon
	 ** @return <CODE>null</CODE>.
	 **/
	public Image getIcon(int iconType) {
		return null;
	}

	/** Helper method to load an image using the Bean class
	 ** getResource() method on the BeanInfo class (using
	 ** getClass(), since you'll extend this class to get
	 ** the BeanInfo).  Basically it's assumed that the Bean
	 ** and its BeanInfo are both loaded by the same
	 ** ClassLoader, generally a reasonable assumption.
	 ** @param location the URL relative
	 ** @return the Image in question.
	 **/
	public Image loadImage(String location) {
		return Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(getClass().getResource(location));
	}
}