10.1. Bean properties

10.1. Bean properties
	10. part

Most Java™ Objects specified in .xxe_gui files may be parameterized using property child elements. A property child element specifies a Bean (that is, a Java™ Object) property.

Example:

<property name="columns" type="int" value="40" />

implies that the bean to be parametrized has a public method which resembles:

setColumns(int number)

Such properties are completely specific to the bean they parametrize and therefore, cannot be described in this manual.

`type`	Corresponding Java™ type	Syntax of `value`	Example
boolean	boolean	true, false	true
byte	byte	integer: -128 to 127 inclusive	100
char	char	a single character	a
short	short	integer: -32768 to 32767 inclusive	1000
int	int	integer: -2147483648 to 2147483647 inclusive	-1
long	long	integer: -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807, inclusive	255
float	float	single-precision 32-bit format IEEE 754	-0.5
double	double	double-precision 64-bit format IEEE 754	1.0
String	`java.lang.String`	a string	Hello, world!
Color	`java.awt.Color`	#`RR``GG``BB` where `RR`, `GG`, `BB` are hexadecimal numbers between 0 and 255 inclusive; or rbg(`R`, `G`, `B`) where `R`, `G`, `B` are decimal numbers between 0 and 255 inclusive; or standard HTML/CSS named colors: black, white, red, silver, etc.	#FFFFFF rgb(255,255,255) white
Font	`java.awt.Font`	`fontfamily` [ -BOLD\|BOLDITALIC\|ITALIC ] [ -`pointsize` ] Default `style` is PLAIN. Default `pointsize` is 12.	Monospaced Serif-14 SansSerif-ITALIC Serif-BOLD-10
URL	`java.net.URL`	any URL supported by XXE. A relative URL is resolved against the location of the `.xxe_gui` file containing the bean property specification.	`http://www.xmlmind.com/` `images/logo.png`

Example (a StatusTool is a kind of JTextField):

<tool name="heavilyParametrizedStatusTool">
  <class>com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.desktop.part.StatusTool</class>
  <property name="text" type="String" value="   Hello,   world!   " />
  <property name="editable" type="boolean" value="true" />
  <property name="focusable" type="boolean" value="true" />
  <property name="horizontalAlignment" type="int" value="RIGHT" />
  <property name="font" type="Font" value="Serif-BOLD-16" />
  <property name="foreground" type="Color" value="#000080" />
  <property name="background" type="Color" value="silver" />
  <property name="selectedTextColor" type="Color" value="rgb(255,0,0)" />
  <property name="caretPosition" type="int" value="5" />
  <property name="alignmentX" type="float" value="0.5" />
</tool>

Notice here the use of symbolic integer constant javax.swing.JTextField.RIGHT.


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