jimm.datavision.gui.parameter
Class Inquisitor

java.lang.Object
  jimm.datavision.gui.parameter.Inquisitor

Direct Known Subclasses:

BoolInq, ListStringInq, RangeDateInq, RangeStringInq, SingleDateInq, SingleStringInq

abstract class Inquisitor
extends java.lang.Object

An inquisitor knows how to display and control the widgets needed to ask a user for parameter values. Inquisitors are used in ParamAskWins.

Author:

Jim Menard, jimm@io.com

Field Summary

protected static int	instanceCount
protected javax.swing.JPanel	panel
protected java.lang.String	panelName
protected Parameter	parameter
protected static int	TEXT_FIELD_COLS

Constructor Summary

Inquisitor(Parameter param)
Constructor.

Method Summary

(package private) abstract void	copyGUIIntoParam() Copy all values from our GUI widgets into the parameter's value(s).
(package private) abstract void	copyParamIntoGUI() Copy all values from parameter's value(s) into our GUI widgets.
static Inquisitor	create(Parameter param) This factory method returns the proper inquisitor for the specified parameter.
(package private) javax.swing.JPanel	getPanel()
(package private) java.lang.String	getPanelName()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TEXT_FIELD_COLS

protected static final int TEXT_FIELD_COLS

See Also:

Constant Field Values

instanceCount

protected static int instanceCount

parameter

protected Parameter parameter

panel

protected javax.swing.JPanel panel

panelName

protected java.lang.String panelName

Constructor Detail

Inquisitor

Inquisitor(Parameter param)

Constructor.

Parameters:

param - the parameter we're going to edit

Method Detail

create

public static Inquisitor create(Parameter param)

This factory method returns the proper inquisitor for the specified parameter.

Parameters:

param - a parameter

getPanel

javax.swing.JPanel getPanel()

getPanelName

java.lang.String getPanelName()

copyGUIIntoParam

abstract void copyGUIIntoParam()

Copy all values from our GUI widgets into the parameter's value(s).

copyParamIntoGUI

abstract void copyParamIntoGUI()

Copy all values from parameter's value(s) into our GUI widgets.