1: /* java.beans.Customizer 2: Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3: 4: This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5: 6: GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9: any later version. 10: 11: GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12: WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14: General Public License for more details. 15: 16: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17: along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 19: 02110-1301 USA. 20: 21: Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22: making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23: conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24: combination. 25: 26: As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27: permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28: executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29: modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30: terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31: independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32: module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33: or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34: this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35: obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36: exception statement from your version. */ 37: 38: 39: package java.beans; 40: 41: /** 42: ** You may explicitly provide a Customizer for your Bean 43: ** class, which allows you complete control of the editing 44: ** of the Bean.<P> 45: ** 46: ** A Customizer is meant to be embedded in an RAD tool, 47: ** and thus must be a descendant of <CODE>java.awt.Component</CODE>.<P> 48: ** 49: ** It must also have a constructor with no arguments. This 50: ** is the constructor that will be called by the RAD tool to 51: ** instantiate the Customizer.<P> 52: ** 53: ** Over its lifetime, an instance of a Customizer will only 54: ** customize one single Bean. A new instance of the 55: ** Customizer will be instantiated to edit any other Beans.<P> 56: ** 57: ** The Customizer is responsible for notifying its 58: ** PropertyChangeListeners of any changes that are made, 59: ** according to the rules of PropertyChangeListeners (i.e. 60: ** notify the clients <EM>after</EM> the property has 61: ** changed). 62: ** 63: ** @author John Keiser 64: ** @since JDK1.1 65: ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998 66: ** @see java.beans.BeanDescriptor.getCustomizerClass() 67: **/ 68: 69: public interface Customizer { 70: /** Set the object to Customize. This will always be a 71: ** Bean that had a BeanDescriptor indicating this 72: ** Customizer. 73: ** @param bean the Bean to customize. 74: **/ 75: void setObject(Object bean); 76: 77: /** Add a PropertyChangeListener. 78: ** @param l the PropertyChangeListener to add. 79: **/ 80: void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l); 81: 82: /** Remove a PropertyChangeListener. 83: ** @param l the PropertyChangeListener to remove. 84: **/ 85: void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l); 86: }